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Pollo Centro
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 3, 2026
- address223 Bowdoin St, Dorchester 02122
Is Pollo Centro clean?
Pollo Centro is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pollo Centro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Smoldering wires reported in the basement electrical panel fire alarm was activated . BFD responded--Power to the building was shut off-Eversource on site ISD Building Electrical called to respond. Assistant Commissioner Dan Prendergast was notified. A voluntary closure was issued. All TCS food items being moved to a sister restaurant-No power PIC was instructed provide all necessary repairs provide repair documentation to [email protected]. be re-inspected by building electrical & health for approval to re-open.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Smoldering wires reported in the basement electrical panel fire alarm was activated . BFD responded--Power to the building was shut off-Eversource on site ISD Building Electrical called to respond. Assistant Commissioner Dan Prendergast was notified. A voluntary closure was issued. All TCS food items being moved to a sister restaurant-No power PIC was instructed provide all necessary repairs provide repair documentation to [email protected]. be re-inspected by building electrical & health for approval to re-open.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • There is no power at the establishment.Items in the walkins with elevated temperatures for approx 60-90 min Maintain all TCS items 41F or below Manager is moving products to a sister restaurant for storage--OK Dan Pcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • There is no power at the establishment.Items in the walkins with elevated temperatures for approx 60-90 min Maintain all TCS items 41F or below Manager is moving products to a sister restaurant for storage--OK Dan P
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • There is no power at the location smoldering wires at electrical panel BFD & Eversource have shut the power off. Provide all necessary repairs. Eversource stating a generator is orderedRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • There is no power at the location smoldering wires at electrical panel BFD & Eversource have shut the power off. Provide all necessary repairs. Eversource stating a generator is ordered
When was Pollo Centro last inspected?
Pollo Centro has 55 inspections on record going back to January 9, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| April 2, 2026 | — | |
| March 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 19, 2025 | Pass |
Pollo Centro 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 July 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.