Jerk Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 23, 2018
• address310 Bowdoin St, Dorchester 02125

Is Jerk Restaurant clean?

Jerk Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 23, 2018. 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 Jerk Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Sink plugs missing at 3 Bay sink provide.
  Dishwashng Facilities • Sink plugs missing at 3 Bay sink provide.
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • No thermometer for hot holding unit provide.
  Equipment Thermometers • No thermometer for hot holding unit provide.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Replace worn home style stringy wiping cloths with commercial food service grade wiping cloths.
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Replace worn home style stringy wiping cloths with commercial food service grade wiping cloths.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean sides inbetween and backsplash to cooking equipment.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean sides inbetween and backsplash to cooking equipment.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor below cooking equipment and basement floor to remove visible soil. • Clean stairs to basement to remove visible soil.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor below cooking equipment and basement floor to remove visible soil. • Clean stairs to basement to remove visible soil.
• ⚠️Consumer Advisories • No Allergy advisory posted provide.critical
  Consumer Advisories • No Allergy advisory posted provide.

When was Jerk Restaurant last inspected?

Jerk Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2017.

Jerk Restaurant 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 7% 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 April 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.