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AL DENTE RISTORANTE
109 SALEM ST, BOSTON, MA 02113
Last inspected Sep 25, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 25 inspections on record for AL DENTE RISTORANTE, spanning April 2019 to September 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
The trend is positive: it improved from failed at the previous visit to passed now.
The most recent inspection noted 2 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Sep 25, 2026
✓2 violations
- Service Sink (C)
- Backflow Prevention Device Location (C)
Sep 2, 2026
✕7 violations
- Thawing (C)
- (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
- Service Sink (C)
- Backflow Prevention Device Location (C)
- Backflow Prevention (P)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Aug 25, 2026
✕6 violations
- Thawing (C)
- (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
- Service Sink (C)
- Backflow Prevention (P)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
May 15, 2025
✓8 violations
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf)
- Equipment Clothes Washers Dryers and Storage Cabinets Contamination Prevention Location (C)
- Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
- Controlling Pests (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
May 9, 2025
✕7 violations
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf)
- Equipment Clothes Washers Dryers and Storage Cabinets Contamination Prevention Location (C)
- Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
Mar 4, 2025
✓17 violations
- Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Wood Use Limitation (C)
- Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C)
- Handwashing Sinks-Location and Placement (Pf)
- Grease Trap(C)
- Area Enclosures and Receptacles Good Repair (C)
- Covering Receptacles (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C)
- Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Feb 24, 2025
✕17 violations
- Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Wood Use Limitation (C)
- Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C)
- Handwashing Sinks-Location and Placement (Pf)
- Grease Trap(C)
- Area Enclosures and Receptacles Good Repair (C)
- Covering Receptacles (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C)
- Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Aug 28, 2024
✓3 violations
- Covering Receptacles (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Aug 21, 2024
✕10 violations
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
- Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf)
- Storage of Soiled Linens (C)
- Covering Receptacles (C)
- Cleaning Receptacles (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Aug 14, 2024
✕8 violations
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
- Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf)
- Storage of Soiled Linens (C)
- Cleaning Receptacles (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
Mar 12, 2024
✓13 violations
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- Preventing Contamination from Hands (Pf)
- Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
- Intensity-Lighting (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
- Drying Mops (C)
Mar 5, 2024
✕13 violations
- (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- Preventing Contamination from Hands (Pf)
- Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
- Intensity-Lighting (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
- Drying Mops (C)
Nov 28, 2023
✓Apr 6, 2023
✓Jan 18, 2023
–Jun 13, 2022
–Mar 30, 2022
✓Mar 15, 2022
–Jun 3, 2021
✓5 violations
- Thawing (C)
- Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
May 27, 2021
✕5 violations
- Thawing (C)
- Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
Feb 3, 2021
✓3 violations
- Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
- Food Labels (C)
Jan 27, 2021
✕3 violations
- Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
- Food Labels (C)
Oct 16, 2020
✓3 violations
- Where to Wash (Pf)
- Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
Oct 7, 2020
✕3 violations
- Where to Wash (Pf)
- Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
Apr 12, 2019
✓5 violations
- Tags & Records
- Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
- Equipment Thermometers
- Insects Rodents Animals
- Improper Maintenance of Floors
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