• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2026 →
• address1493 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122

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Is Papa Johns clean?

Papa Johns is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 31, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Papa Johns?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)

When was Papa Johns last inspected?

Papa Johns has 8 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2025.

Papa Johns vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 525 tracked restaurants — 429 clean, 33 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 525 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in Dorchester

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  clean · July 30, 2026
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  clean · March 6, 2026
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  clean · March 25, 2024
• ✓ Raphael's Restaurant
  clean · July 10, 2026
• ✓ O'brien's Liquor
  clean · July 28, 2026
• ✓ The Mix
  clean · July 15, 2026

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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