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The Dot Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 10, 2025
- address840 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125
Is The Dot Tavern clean?
The Dot Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Dot Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired Dec. 2024.ServiceCleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired Dec. 2024.Service
When was The Dot Tavern last inspected?
The Dot Tavern has 9 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2024 | — | |
| June 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| March 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2023 | Fail |
The Dot Tavern vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 November 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.