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The Blarney Stone
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 24, 2024
- address1505 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is The Blarney Stone clean?
The Blarney Stone is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 24, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Blarney Stone?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Water and Chemical-Methods (P) • Bar glass machine - sanitizer not registering. Main dish machine can be used until repair is made / Repair to provide 50ppm-100ppm of chlorinecriticalHot Water and Chemical-Methods (P) • Bar glass machine - sanitizer not registering. Main dish machine can be used until repair is made / Repair to provide 50ppm-100ppm of chlorine
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Floors in basement - grout is very low allowing for standing water and debris / Re-grout floorsSurface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Floors in basement - grout is very low allowing for standing water and debris / Re-grout floors
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Door sweep ripped/missing at back door leading from basement to dumpster area / ReplaceOuter Openings Protected (C) • Door sweep ripped/missing at back door leading from basement to dumpster area / Replace
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Areas in basement cluttered / Remove all unnecessary items organize and maintain free of clutterMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Areas in basement cluttered / Remove all unnecessary items organize and maintain free of clutter
When was The Blarney Stone last inspected?
The Blarney Stone has 64 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 2, 2024 | — | |
| July 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| July 7, 2022 | Pass |
The Blarney Stone 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 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 May 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.