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Bar A Vin 1855
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 7, 2023
- address259 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Bar A Vin 1855 clean?
Bar A Vin 1855 is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 7, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bar A Vin 1855?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 7, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • The manager on site could not provide a valid certified food managers or Allergen awareness certificates. Provide current certificates from a full time employee(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • The manager on site could not provide a valid certified food managers or Allergen awareness certificates. Provide current certificates from a full time employee
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • The chef on site could not provide any shell tags.Provide current shell stock tags held for 90 days in chronoilogical order with the dates of last sold/served.Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • The chef on site could not provide any shell tags.Provide current shell stock tags held for 90 days in chronoilogical order with the dates of last sold/served.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide Quats test kit on site (test done using the inspectors test kit)Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide Quats test kit on site (test done using the inspectors test kit)
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Low temp kitchen machine producing to much "suds" which is leaking onto the floor.Repair Temperatures & chlorine in complianceGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Low temp kitchen machine producing to much "suds" which is leaking onto the floor.Repair Temperatures & chlorine in compliance
When was Bar A Vin 1855 last inspected?
Bar A Vin 1855 has 12 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 2, 2020 | — | |
| February 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2019 | Fail |
Bar A Vin 1855 vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 December 7, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.