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South Boston Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 18, 2024
- address626 Dorchester Av, South Boston 02127
Is South Boston Market clean?
South Boston Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 18, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at South Boston Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed packaged ham stored in deli case @ 60F. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below. PIC removedcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed packaged ham stored in deli case @ 60F. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below. PIC removed
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Oberved packaged meat deli case @ 50F. RepairGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Oberved packaged meat deli case @ 50F. Repair
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed spills inside door #5 and door #9 of soda / milk unit and ice build up in ice cream case. Clean all to remove spills / ice(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed spills inside door #5 and door #9 of soda / milk unit and ice build up in ice cream case. Clean all to remove spills / ice
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Observed expired can goods / cereal expired August 2023. Discussed with PIC to monitor and ensure all food items stored are within expiration dates. PIC RemovedSegregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Observed expired can goods / cereal expired August 2023. Discussed with PIC to monitor and ensure all food items stored are within expiration dates. PIC Removed
- ⚠️Post the current 2024 Health permit for the food establishment in a conspicuos place for the consumerPost the current 2024 Health permit for the food establishment in a conspicuos place for the consumer
When was South Boston Market last inspected?
South Boston Market has 24 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2022 | — | |
| January 5, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2021 | — | |
| December 2, 2020 | Pass |
South Boston Market vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.