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Lucky Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
- address1107 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125
Is Lucky Cafe clean?
Lucky Cafe is currently Pass 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 clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lucky Cafe?
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) • Label bulk food containers.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Label bulk food containers.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Discontinue to store product on the floor in the walk in. All product must be 6 inches off the floor.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Discontinue to store product on the floor in the walk in. All product must be 6 inches off the floor.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Witnessed staff working at prep sink and putting cut pork into the wash bay of the three bay sink. Discontinue and put cut pork into a container for storage.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Witnessed staff working at prep sink and putting cut pork into the wash bay of the three bay sink. Discontinue and put cut pork into a container for storage.
- ⚠️Cooling (P) • In back room found three tubs of pork ribs covered and cooling. Please properly cool so that heat can get out and cover when cooled in refrigerator.criticalCooling (P) • In back room found three tubs of pork ribs covered and cooling. Please properly cool so that heat can get out and cover when cooled in refrigerator.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to clean the shelves on the cooking line. The wire shelves in walk in are soiled and very rusty. Please clean and paint or replace.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to clean the shelves on the cooking line. The wire shelves in walk in are soiled and very rusty. Please clean and paint or replace.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters will need to be cleaned. Hood sticker good until Jan 2026Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters will need to be cleaned. Hood sticker good until Jan 2026
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Witness staff cutting pork on a wood cutting board that was chipped and peeling. Please replace with something that can be properly washed and sanitized.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Witness staff cutting pork on a wood cutting board that was chipped and peeling. Please replace with something that can be properly washed and sanitized.
When was Lucky Cafe last inspected?
Lucky Cafe has 46 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2024 | Pass |
Lucky Cafe 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.