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On The Dot Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 7, 2015
- address1353 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125
Is On The Dot Cafe clean?
On The Dot Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 7, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at On The Dot Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide paper towels inside commercial food service grade dispenser.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide paper towels inside commercial food service grade dispenser.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • No Food Safety Certifications provide Food Safety and Allergen Certifications.criticalPIC Performing Duties • No Food Safety Certifications provide Food Safety and Allergen Certifications.
When was On The Dot Cafe last inspected?
On The Dot Cafe has 29 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2015 | — | |
| April 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2015 | — | |
| March 24, 2015 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2014 | — | |
| March 13, 2014 | Fail | |
| August 16, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2013 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| June 22, 2012 | Pass |
On The Dot 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 April 7, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.