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South Boston Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
- address636A 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 March 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at South Boston Market?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was South Boston Market last inspected?
South Boston Market has 3 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2025 | Fail |
South Boston Market vs South End
South End runs 80% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 489 clean, 61 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.