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Tropical Island Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 27, 2020
- address148 Bowdoin St, Dorchester 02121
Is Tropical Island Restaurant clean?
Tropical Island Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 27, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tropical Island Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean sides inbetween and back splash to cooking equipment. Clean storage shelving inside walk in cooler.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean sides inbetween and back splash to cooking equipment. Clean storage shelving inside walk in cooler.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Paint on freezer unit worn repair.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Paint on freezer unit worn repair.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor below cooking equipment to remove visible soil.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor below cooking equipment to remove visible soil.
When was Tropical Island Restaurant last inspected?
Tropical Island Restaurant has 45 inspections on record going back to December 24, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 7, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| February 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 21, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2018 | — | |
| August 1, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 22, 2018 | Pass |
Tropical Island Restaurant vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, 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 February 27, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.