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Lucy's American Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 12, 2026
- address11 Granite Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Lucy's American Tavern clean?
Lucy's American Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lucy's American Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed clean equipment stored over the soap dispenser. Remove to allow access to the soap dispensor and to avoid chemical contamination.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed clean equipment stored over the soap dispenser. Remove to allow access to the soap dispensor and to avoid chemical contamination.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Missing required chlorine testing device for low temp dishmachine. Provide at all timesSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Missing required chlorine testing device for low temp dishmachine. Provide at all times
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy black mold substance inside of the ice machine. Clean to remove Observed food soils on top of the 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. Clean to remove Observed food soils on top of the dishmachine. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Heavy food soils and dirt build up observed on the handsink and inside the basin. Clean to removeCleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Heavy food soils and dirt build up observed on the handsink and inside the basin. Clean to remove
When was Lucy's American Tavern last inspected?
Lucy's American Tavern has 46 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2024 | — | |
| January 29, 2024 | — | |
| April 14, 2023 | — |
Lucy's American Tavern 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 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.