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Home Stead
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
- address1448 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is Home Stead clean?
Home Stead is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Home Stead?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • As discussed please be sure all bulk food containers have labels. Thats in basement storage and kitchen area.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • As discussed please be sure all bulk food containers have labels. Thats in basement storage and kitchen area.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to defrost the large freezer in the basement.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to defrost the large freezer in the basement.
- ⚠️(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • High temperature dishwasher was not working properly. PIC will need to have it looked at for repair. PIC does have china and coffee cups but I dod not see any chips. The three bay sink used quats and was set up properly at this time.(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • High temperature dishwasher was not working properly. PIC will need to have it looked at for repair. PIC does have china and coffee cups but I dod not see any chips. The three bay sink used quats and was set up properly at this time.
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • PIC will need to repair the wall behind the three bay sink. You have some peeling spots.Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • PIC will need to repair the wall behind the three bay sink. You have some peeling spots.
When was Home Stead last inspected?
Home Stead has 38 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | — | |
| January 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2023 | Pass |
Home Stead 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 January 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.