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Hancock Street Market
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 3, 2021
- address95 Hancock St, Dorchester 02125
Is Hancock Street Market clean?
Hancock Street Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 3, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Hancock Street Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No Diarrhea / Vomit procedures or kit on site. Please provideClean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No Diarrhea / Vomit procedures or kit on site. Please provide
- ⚠️Safe Unadulterated and Honestly Presented (P) • Expired baby food found of retail shelf. Remove and discard.criticalSafe Unadulterated and Honestly Presented (P) • Expired baby food found of retail shelf. Remove and discard.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soiled cardboard shelving used on chip rack. Remove and replace with smooth durable cleaning surface.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soiled cardboard shelving used on chip rack. Remove and replace with smooth durable cleaning surface.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired can goods on shelf. Remove and moniter expiration datesSegregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired can goods on shelf. Remove and moniter expiration dates
- ⚠️Post the current Permit for food establishment in a conspicous place for consumerPost the current Permit for food establishment in a conspicous place for consumer
When was Hancock Street Market last inspected?
Hancock Street Market has 20 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 10, 2021 | — | |
| February 3, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 1, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 25, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2019 | — | |
| February 6, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2017 | Pass |
Hancock Street Market vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 3, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.