Cooked?
Aces High
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2012
- address551 Dorchester Av, South Boston 02127
Is Aces High clean?
Aces High is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 30, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Aces High?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • employee smoking on bar - eliminatecriticalGood Hygienic Practices • employee smoking on bar - eliminate
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • repair tile walls in mens roomWalls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • repair tile walls in mens room
When was Aces High last inspected?
Aces High has 12 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2008.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 16, 2012 | — | |
| October 30, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2011 | — | |
| June 28, 2011 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2011 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2010 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2009 | — | |
| December 18, 2008 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2008 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2008 | Fail |
Aces High vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 30, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.