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Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights)
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
- address20R Ericsson St, Dorchester 02122
Is Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights) clean?
Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights) is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (C) • Observed staff cutting bread with without gloved hands. Retrain staff. PIC corrected at the time of inspection.Preventing Contamination from Hands (C) • Observed staff cutting bread with without gloved hands. Retrain staff. PIC corrected at the time of inspection.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Observed debris and food soils on the floor under the 3 bay sink. Clean to removeNonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Observed debris and food soils on the floor under the 3 bay sink. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • Missing detergent at the high temp dishmachine. PIC replaced when directed. Monitor to assure avaialability at all timesCleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • Missing detergent at the high temp dishmachine. PIC replaced when directed. Monitor to assure avaialability at all times
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Designate a handsink at the bar area with proper signage soap and paper towels. At the time of inspection all 3 sinks are being utized as dumpsinks.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Designate a handsink at the bar area with proper signage soap and paper towels. At the time of inspection all 3 sinks are being utized as dumpsinks.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Missing paper towels at the handsink. ProvideHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Missing paper towels at the handsink. Provide
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Handwashing signage missing at the handsink. ProvideHandwashing Signage (C) • Handwashing signage missing at the handsink. Provide
When was Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights) last inspected?
Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights) has 72 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — |
Venezia Restaurant (Harbor Lights) 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 14% 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 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.