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Harvard Street Community Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 29, 2026
- address53 Harvard St, Dorchester 02121
Is Harvard Street Community Market clean?
Harvard Street Community Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Harvard Street Community Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Pastlitos on counter at 71F for unknown time. Discarded by PIC.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Pastlitos on counter at 71F for unknown time. Discarded by PIC.
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Coco bread for sale with commercial packaging or label. Discontinue selling. Crackers on shelf for sale without label. Discontinue selling foods without proper labels. Packaged patties labeled "keep frozen" in retail refrigerator. Discard patties and only store frozen per package direction.Food Labels (Pf) • Coco bread for sale with commercial packaging or label. Discontinue selling. Crackers on shelf for sale without label. Discontinue selling foods without proper labels. Packaged patties labeled "keep frozen" in retail refrigerator. Discard patties and only store frozen per package direction.
- ⚠️Compliance with Food Law (P) • Pastilitos for sale at front counter from unknown source. Discarded by PIC. Discontinue selling food from unknown source. Store is not permitted to sell prepared foods.criticalCompliance with Food Law (P) • Pastilitos for sale at front counter from unknown source. Discarded by PIC. Discontinue selling food from unknown source. Store is not permitted to sell prepared foods.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Soiled cardboard lining retail refrigerator. Discard cardboard and keep surfaces clean.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Soiled cardboard lining retail refrigerator. Discard cardboard and keep surfaces clean.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired foods for sale- lunchables chefboyardee juices and soups. Monitor "use by" and "best by" dates and rotate stock.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired foods for sale- lunchables chefboyardee juices and soups. Monitor "use by" and "best by" dates and rotate stock.
- ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Cat and littler box in basement. Provide home for cat and remove from presmises.Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Cat and littler box in basement. Provide home for cat and remove from presmises.
When was Harvard Street Community Market last inspected?
Harvard Street Community Market has 39 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 4, 2022 | — | |
| January 28, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 25, 2021 | Fail |
Harvard Street Community Market vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 May 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.