• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 30, 2009 →
• address186 Brookline Av, Boston 02215

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Is 5-Wits clean?

5-Wits is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 30, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 5-Wits?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2009. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

5-Wits inspection and administrative history

5-Wits has 6 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2007.

5-Wits vs Longwood

Longwood runs 79% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 151 clean, 18 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 30, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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