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Lower Mills Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address2269 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Lower Mills Tavern clean?
Lower Mills Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lower Mills Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed shell tags not maintained properly. Review of tags without proper date of last purchase. Advised pic to retrain staff to properly maintain records accordingly.Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed shell tags not maintained properly. Review of tags without proper date of last purchase. Advised pic to retrain staff to properly maintain records accordingly.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy black mold substance inside of the ice machine in the basement. Clean to remove Observed heavy food debris on top of the dishmachine. Clean to remove. Heaby food soils observed on under the metal shelving unit attached to the low temp dishmachine. clean to remove(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy black mold substance inside of the ice machine in the basement. Clean to remove Observed heavy food debris on top of the dishmachine. Clean to remove. Heaby food soils observed on under the metal shelving unit attached to the low temp dishmachine. clean to remove
When was Lower Mills Tavern last inspected?
Lower Mills Tavern has 38 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2025 | — | |
| October 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2023 | Fail |
Lower Mills Tavern vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.