Mckenna's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2026
• address109 Savin Hill Av, Dorchester 02125

Is Mckenna's Cafe clean?

Mckenna's Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mckenna's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • PIC will need to review with staff not to store the tongs on the oven door handle and knives on top of containers in flip top.
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • PIC will need to review with staff not to store the tongs on the oven door handle and knives on top of containers in flip top.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Please provide a sanitizer bucket for the staff on the cooking line.
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Please provide a sanitizer bucket for the staff on the cooking line.
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • PIC will need to be provide covers for food in storage. unless its in a cooking stage.
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • PIC will need to be provide covers for food in storage. unless its in a cooking stage.
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to clean... shelves in kitchen remove ice build up in basement walk in on condencer. Interior of refrigeration.
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to clean... shelves in kitchen remove ice build up in basement walk in on condencer. Interior of refrigeration.
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean the hood filters and also have the hood cleaned and a new sticker provided. Sticker posted expired in Jan 2026
  Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean the hood filters and also have the hood cleaned and a new sticker provided. Sticker posted expired in Jan 2026
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • As discussed please replace platic containers that are chipped or cracked.
  Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • As discussed please replace platic containers that are chipped or cracked.
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • PIC will need to clean the floor under and behind the cooking equipment refrigeration and any prep tables.
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • PIC will need to clean the floor under and behind the cooking equipment refrigeration and any prep tables.

When was Mckenna's Cafe last inspected?

Mckenna's Cafe has 112 inspections on record going back to May 31, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mckenna's 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 March 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.