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Norfolk Convenience
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 28, 2026
- address118 Norfolk St, Dorchester 02124
Is Norfolk Convenience clean?
Norfolk Convenience is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Norfolk Convenience?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Frozen Food (C) • Observed indivually packed beef patties stored under refrigeration. Product is labeled to keep frozen. PIC removed and discarded advised to store all products under proper refrigeration or freezer requirements.Frozen Food (C) • Observed indivually packed beef patties stored under refrigeration. Product is labeled to keep frozen. PIC removed and discarded advised to store all products under proper refrigeration or freezer requirements.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Missing the testing device for 3 compartment sink. Provide at all times.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Missing the testing device for 3 compartment sink. Provide at all times.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed the handsink blocked with debris and packages. Remove and clean. Retrain staff to properly utilize for hand washing only.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed the handsink blocked with debris and packages. Remove and clean. Retrain staff to properly utilize for hand washing only.
- ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Handsink missing soap Provide at all timesHandwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Handsink missing soap Provide at all times
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink missing a hand drying device. Provide at all timesHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink missing a hand drying device. Provide at all times
- ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Observed evidence of a cat in the establishment. Open cans of cat food and cat box in the basement area. Remove and clean all areas.Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Observed evidence of a cat in the establishment. Open cans of cat food and cat box in the basement area. Remove and clean all areas.
When was Norfolk Convenience last inspected?
Norfolk Convenience has 19 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2023 | Pass |
Norfolk Convenience 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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.