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The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 16, 2025
- address20 District Av, Dorchester 02125
Is The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar clean?
The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2025, 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) • Noted Cheese sauce recorded 50F stored in the refrigerator on the cookline.Monitor the temperaturecritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Noted Cheese sauce recorded 50F stored in the refrigerator on the cookline.Monitor the temperature
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Noted gasket on the middle refrigerator on the cookline torn.RepairGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Noted gasket on the middle refrigerator on the cookline torn.Repair
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Noted small black flies in the bar area and cookline. Provide detail pest reportControlling Pests (Pf) • Noted small black flies in the bar area and cookline. Provide detail pest report
- ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted floors under the bar equipment has food residue.Clean with frequency to prevent pest hibernationCleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted floors under the bar equipment has food residue.Clean with frequency to prevent pest hibernation
When was The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar last inspected?
The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar has 31 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2025 | — | |
| August 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2025 | — | |
| March 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2024 | — | |
| October 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — |
The Pearl Seafood Grill & Raw Bar 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 August 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.