Cooked?
Press Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 25, 2026
- address135 William T Morrissey Bl, Dorchester 02125
Is Press Bar clean?
Press Bar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Press Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PIC will need to address the payment of the 2026 Health permit.PIC will need to address the payment of the 2026 Health permit.
When was Press Bar last inspected?
Press Bar has 9 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2026 | — | |
| February 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 6, 2023 | Pass |
Press Bar 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 February 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.