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Shaking Seafood
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 28, 2026
- address1616 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is Shaking Seafood clean?
Shaking Seafood is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Shaking Seafood?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • No shelltags available for review. Establishment offers muscles and oysters. No tags placed with the batch. Retrain staff to properly tag and hold shelltags for at least 90 days for proper record keeping.Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • No shelltags available for review. Establishment offers muscles and oysters. No tags placed with the batch. Retrain staff to properly tag and hold shelltags for at least 90 days for proper record keeping.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy food soils inside of the ice machine. Clean to remove(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy food soils inside of the ice machine. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed multiple pieces of equipment blocking the handsink. remove and allow access at all times.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed multiple pieces of equipment blocking the handsink. remove and allow access at all times.
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Signage missing in the restroom. ProvideHandwashing Signage (C) • Signage missing in the restroom. Provide
- ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Multiple handsinks fixtures with heavy food soils. Clean to removeCleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Multiple handsinks fixtures with heavy food soils. Clean to remove
When was Shaking Seafood last inspected?
Shaking Seafood has 22 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2025 | — | |
| January 8, 2025 | — | |
| June 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2023 | Fail |
Shaking Seafood 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 April 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.