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Avana Express Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 31, 2022
- address40 Harrison Av, Boston 02111
Is Avana Express Bar clean?
Avana Express Bar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 31, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Avana Express Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 31, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No procedures or kit available on site for vomit/diarrhea. Procedure provided via email.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No procedures or kit available on site for vomit/diarrhea. Procedure provided via email.
- ⚠️Thawing (C) • Frozen and thawed fish in refrigerator in Reduced Oxygen Packaging labeled to be removed from packaging prior to thawing. Follow package directions and remove fish from R.O.P. before thawing.Thawing (C) • Frozen and thawed fish in refrigerator in Reduced Oxygen Packaging labeled to be removed from packaging prior to thawing. Follow package directions and remove fish from R.O.P. before thawing.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Wall behind trash can with food splashes and soils. Clean and maintain.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Wall behind trash can with food splashes and soils. Clean and maintain.
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Log for sushi rice is out of date. No log for 2022. Lab test for sushi rice and certification letters from fish suppliers are also out of date. Provide a current rice log certification letters and lab report for 2022.Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Log for sushi rice is out of date. No log for 2022. Lab test for sushi rice and certification letters from fish suppliers are also out of date. Provide a current rice log certification letters and lab report for 2022.
When was Avana Express Bar last inspected?
Avana Express Bar has 26 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| July 11, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 31, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 29, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 30, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2018 | Fail |
Avana Express Bar vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, 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 January 31, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.