• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 13, 2026 →
• address36 Norfolk St, Dorchester 02124

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Is R&S Jamaican Restaurant clean?

R&S Jamaican Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at R&S Jamaican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P)critical
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C)
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
• ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C)

R&S Jamaican Restaurant inspection and administrative history

R&S Jamaican Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2025.

R&S Jamaican Restaurant 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 4% of them.

Other spots in Dorchester

• ✓ Kim's Fish Market
  clean · July 20, 2026
• ✓ Unity Sports Cultural Club
  clean · June 16, 2026
• ✕ Washington Family Market
  cooked · August 27, 2026
• ✓ Mass Food Mart
  clean · July 6, 2026
• ✓ The Chester Tavern
  clean · May 11, 2026
• ✓ 10-Eleven
  clean · March 18, 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 April 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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