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Bin 26 Enoteca
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 28, 2024
- address26 Charles St, Boston 02108
Is Bin 26 Enoteca clean?
Bin 26 Enoteca is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 28, 2024. 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 Bin 26 Enoteca?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed multiple staff without hair restraint. Provide (COS)Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed multiple staff without hair restraint. Provide (COS)
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Condiment containers at cook line and squeeze bottles observed without lables. Provide lables.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Condiment containers at cook line and squeeze bottles observed without lables. Provide lables.
- ⚠️Thawing (C) • Observed ROP fish being thaw in ROP packaged . Discontinue. (COS)Thawing (C) • Observed ROP fish being thaw in ROP packaged . Discontinue. (COS)
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers off food observed without date marking. Provide. Per CFPM food was prep the night before 5.19.24 and some today 5.20.24Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers off food observed without date marking. Provide. Per CFPM food was prep the night before 5.19.24 and some today 5.20.24
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • Per PIC vegetables is washed in the 3 bay sink direct to waste. Install food prep sink with proper airgap or provide a plumbers report variance request and procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided.criticalBackflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • Per PIC vegetables is washed in the 3 bay sink direct to waste. Install food prep sink with proper airgap or provide a plumbers report variance request and procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Dish machine sink observed leaking. Repair.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Dish machine sink observed leaking. Repair.
When was Bin 26 Enoteca last inspected?
Bin 26 Enoteca has 50 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| June 4, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| May 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Bin 26 Enoteca vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 May 28, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.