• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 11, 2024 →
• address196 Quincy St, Dorchester 02121

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Is Rootaste clean?

Rootaste is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 11, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rootaste?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Rootaste last inspected?

Rootaste has 7 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2021.

Rootaste vs Roxbury

Roxbury runs 83% clean across 689 tracked restaurants — 542 clean, 66 mid, 48 cooked.

Against the 689 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.

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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 June 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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