Dino's Cafe

141 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113

Passed re-check · Apr 2, 2026 Directions
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Fair BiteKarma score 74 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Apr 2, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Feb 26, 2026.
  • Passed 7 of 11 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Certified food protection manager, cited 3 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.
  • 4 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Apr 2

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Feb 26

    Inspection

    3 violations
    • Minor Certified food protection manager
    • Minor Service sink
    • Minor Conditioning device location
  4. Failed Feb 19

    Inspection

    8 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Food temperature measuring devices
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Service sink
    • Minor Certified food protection manager
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • L1
  5. 2025
  6. Perfect Jul 16

    Inspection

    No violations

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