Davio's

300 Terminal Rd, East Boston, MA 02128
Italian
Last inspected: Mar 17, 2026
47
Score
High Risk

Davio's, located at 300 Terminal Rd in East Boston, MA, had a high-risk inspection on March 17, 2026, with a score of 47. This inspection identified two critical, three major, and three minor violations, including issues related to person-in-charge duties, nonfood-contact surfaces, and sanitizing solutions testing devices. While the most recent inspection indicated several violations, Davio's has a historical pattern of mostly low-risk inspections across its nine scored visits.

9
Inspections
2
Critical latest
3
Major latest
3
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 17, 2026
Routine
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
47
Mar 10, 2026
Routine
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
47
Sep 9, 2025
Routine
2 major violations. 1 minor violation.
78
Aug 26, 2025
Routine
2 major violations. 1 minor violation.
78
Aug 7, 2024
Routine
3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
64
Jul 31, 2024
Routine
3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
64
Jan 17, 2023
Routine
No violations found.
100
May 25, 2022
Routine
1 critical violation. 1 major violation.
78
Apr 28, 2022
Routine
1 critical violation. 2 major violations.
70
Violations — Mar 17, 2026 Inspection
(a)-(p) person-in-charge-duties (pf)
Inspector notes: The person in charge was not able to gie the correct minimum hot holding temperature name the five reportable symptoms and the six reportable illnesses. Provide a person in charge who is knowlegable about food safety illness policy and sanitization. The health inspector will send informational documents for staff to review prior to the reinspection.
590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF
Nonfood-contact surfaces (c)
Inspector notes: At the warewashing area observed the floors covered in cardboard boxes; stop this practice remove the cardboard; nonfood contact surfaces should be cleanable durable nonporous.
590.004/4-101.19-C
Sanitizing solutions testing devices (pf)
Inspector notes: The warewashing machine at the bar is a chemical warewashing machine but the establishment does not have the correct test kit for the sanitizer in use which is chlorine; provide a proper test kit for the sanitizer used at the warewashing machine.
590.004/4-302.14-PF
Miscellaneous sources of contamination (c)
Inspector notes: Observed an employee handling clean and sanitized food utensils by touching the food contact surfaces with their bare hands; retrain staff to wash their hands and wear single-use gloves when handling utensils by their food contact surfaces.
590.003/3-307.11-C
(a)(1) time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding (p)
Inspector notes: At the cook line observed cooked chicken tenders and egg rolls stored at ambient without any active hot holding at 75F. After a discussion with the food handlers and the PIC it was indicated that cooked foods had always been stored this way without any active hot holding due to the salamander or hot holding device they are stored in and on top of not working. As the foods had been cooked per the PIC within the last 15 minutes staff were able to move the foods into active cold holding. Store hot TCS at or above 135F or properly cool and hold at 41F and below.
590.003/3-501.16-P1
(b) and (c) equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils (c)
Inspector notes: The basin and the wall around the hand sink next to the warewashing area in the main kitchen are heavily soiled; clean and sanitize the area of soils. The cualking around the ice bin next to the espresso area have black mold-like growth; clean and sanitize the caulking or remove and recaulk.
590.004/4-601.11-C
Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance (pf)
Inspector notes: At the hand sink next to the espresso machine observed dumped ice and food in the basin of the hand sink; retrain staff to only use hand sinks for hand washing.
590.005/5-205.11-PF
Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation (p)
Inspector notes: In the walk in refrigerator observed raw shell eggs stored directly on top of ready-to-eat fruits; retrain staff on proper storage hierarchy with raw proteins being stored below RTE foods and by their final cooking temperatures with raw chicken being below everything else. After the observation the person in charge rearranged the walk in refrigerator so raw proteins were stored below the RTE foods.
590.003/3-302.11-P
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)