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Sugar Bowl Cafe LLC

Latest: PASS July 31, 2025

🍽️ Cuisine: Cafe

📍 Neighborhood: Dorchester

🚇 Nearest Transit: JFK/UMass (Red Line)

Address
857 DORCHESTER AV
Dorchester, MA 02125
Inspection History
13 inspections
5 failures
License
License #465099
Last inspected: July 31, 2025

Inspection History (13 most recent)

PASS July 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
2 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Staff not wearing hair restraint.Provide | 590.003/3-304.12-C - In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C): Ice scoop stored in the ice machine with handle in contact with ice.Discontinue and t...
FAIL July 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
2 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Staff not wearing hair restraint.Provide | 590.003/3-304.12-C - In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C): Ice scoop stored in the ice machine with handle in contact with ice.Discontinue and t...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS March 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1 violation
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Noted no hair restraint worn during food prep or handling food. Provide
PASS W/ CONDITIONS December 4, 2024 at 3:34 PM
1 violation
590.004/4-101.16-C - Sponges Use Limitation (C): Observed sponge used for warewashing in the 3 bay sink. Discontinue
PASS September 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
2 violations
590.005/5-202.13-P - Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P): The PIC mentioned that they wash the produce in a middle of the ware washing sink with no air gap.Discussed with the PIC to provide variance request to wash fruits/vegetables in the middle sin...
FAIL September 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
6 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Observed food being prepped without any hairnets. Provide | 590.003/3-302.11-P - Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P): Raw eggs stored above on a shelf wit...
FAIL September 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
6 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Observed food being prepped without any hairnets. Provide | 590.003/3-302.11-P - Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P): Raw eggs stored above on a shelf wit...
PASS March 2, 2023 at 4:24 PM
0 violations
PASS October 26, 2022 at 4:14 PM
4 violations
590.005/5-205.15-C - System Maintained in Good Repair (C): Handsink nozzle have water spouting out- Repair or replace nozzle | 590.006/6-301.12-PF - Hand Drying Provision (Pf): At the handsink there was no papertowels - Provide papertowels to ensu...
FAIL October 18, 2022 at 4:34 PM
4 violations
590.005/5-205.15-C - System Maintained in Good Repair (C): Handsink nozzle have water spouting out- Repair or replace nozzle | 590.006/6-301.12-PF - Hand Drying Provision (Pf): At the handsink there was no papertowels - Provide papertowels to ensu...
PASS April 14, 2022 at 4:41 PM
1 violation
590.003/3-302.11-P - Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P): Whole shell eggs stored next to cooked bacon on bottom shelf of cooler. - PIC removed the bacon and placed on upper-shelf of cooler. dicontinue storing r...
FAIL March 29, 2022 at 2:40 PM
1 violation
590.003/3-302.11-P - Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P): Whole shell eggs stored next to cooked bacon on bottom shelf of cooler. - PIC removed the bacon and placed on upper-shelf of cooler. dicontinue storing r...
PASS December 28, 2021 at 3:31 PM
0 violations
Data sourced directly from Boston Inspectional Services Department