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Sandy's Variety
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 13, 2026
- address378 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is Sandy's Variety clean?
Sandy's Variety is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sandy's Variety?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Observed deat roaches on the glue trap. Remove and clean area. Provide an updated pest control report via email at your earliest convience.Controlling Pests (C) • Observed deat roaches on the glue trap. Remove and clean area. Provide an updated pest control report via email at your earliest convience.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Observed open holes in the wall and floor. next to ice chest. Observed tiles cracked in the aisle. RepairRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Observed open holes in the wall and floor. next to ice chest. Observed tiles cracked in the aisle. Repair
When was Sandy's Variety last inspected?
Sandy's Variety has 25 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2025 | — | |
| April 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2023 | — | |
| May 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 23, 2021 | — |
Sandy's Variety 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 March 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.