# The places that keep failing: 26 failed inspections at one Boston hot dog stand

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: [Restaurant Inspections API – Health Scores, Grades and Violations](https://pushbuild.com/apis/restaurant-inspections.html)

**26**The places that keep failing · as of 2026-11-07

**Boston's most-failed food business since 2023 is Dans Mini Dogs at 1010 Massachusetts Ave, with 26 failed inspections.** In Chicago, JJ Fish on S Kedzie Ave failed 13 of 19.

## Chicago

| Business | Address | Fails | Inspections |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JJ FISH | 411 S KEDZIE AVE | 13 | 19 |
| DOG HAUS | 2464-2466 N LINCOLN AVE | 10 | 16 |
| THORP ELEM/LEARN CHARTER | 8914 S BUFFALO AVE | 10 | 14 |
| JERK MAN | 7723 S STATE ST | 9 | 21 |
| NEW GRAND CHINESE KITCHEN | 5401 S WENTWORTH AVE | 8 | 15 |
| MARIANO'S FRESH MARKET #8503 | 333 E BENTON PL | 8 | 14 |
| HONEY BERRY PANCAKES & CAFE STATE STREET | 901 S STATE ST | 8 | 13 |
| SHINYA GRILL & BAR | 2255 W NORTH AVE | 7 | 21 |

## Boston

| Business | Address | Fails | Inspections |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dans Mini Dogs | 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AV | 26 | 34 |
| Star Market No. 4587 | 45 WM T MORRISSEY BL | 16 | 45 |
| BERTUCCI'S | 633 V F W PK | 14 | 39 |
| South End Pizza & Grill | 772 TREMONT ST | 14 | 37 |
| Go Fresh 365 | 1102 WASHINGTON ST | 14 | 34 |
| The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant No. 1674 | 1118 MASSACHUSETTS AV | 13 | 39 |
| Brighams & Womens Hospital - Tower Cafe | 75 FRANCIS ST | 13 | 30 |
| BALE RESTAURANT | 1052 DORCHESTER AV | 13 | 31 |

## Caveats

Counts each failed inspection, including re-inspections of the same problem. A business can fail and be cleared the same month.

## Sources

- Restaurant Inspections API – Health Scores, Grades and Violations: the primary sources are listed on the [API page](https://pushbuild.com/apis/restaurant-inspections.html), read on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: [b1-repeat-failures-since-2023.csv](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/data/b1-repeat-failures-since-2023.csv)

## Get this data

Every number in this post comes from the [Restaurant Inspections API – Health Scores, Grades and Violations](https://pushbuild.com/apis/restaurant-inspections.html). $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

```
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/restaurant-inspections/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jurisdictions": ["nyc"], "name": "pizza", "maxItems": 20}'
```

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