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Santo Domingo Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 10, 2026
- address179 Washington St, Dorchester 02121
Is Santo Domingo Restaurant clean?
Santo Domingo Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Santo Domingo Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs stored on top shelf in refrigerator over produce and prepped foods. Store eggs below ready to eat foods.criticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs stored on top shelf in refrigerator over produce and prepped foods. Store eggs below ready to eat foods.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Ice scoop stored in ice. Store scoop outsde if ice bin.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Ice scoop stored in ice. Store scoop outsde if ice bin.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Unfinished pieces of wood propping up table legs. Discard wood. Use materials that are durable and non-absorbent.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Unfinished pieces of wood propping up table legs. Discard wood. Use materials that are durable and non-absorbent.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Black mold-like substance inside ice machine. Clean and sanitize.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Black mold-like substance inside ice machine. Clean and sanitize.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils on doors of refrigeration units. Soils and debris under tables in basement. Clean and sanitize all areas.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils on doors of refrigeration units. Soils and debris under tables in basement. Clean and sanitize all areas.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Back door wide open and screen door with holes. Repair screen or keep door closed.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Back door wide open and screen door with holes. Repair screen or keep door closed.
When was Santo Domingo Restaurant last inspected?
Santo Domingo Restaurant has 43 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2023 | Pass |
Santo Domingo Restaurant vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.