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Common Ground
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 3, 2018
- address83 Harvard Av, Allston 02134
Is Common Ground clean?
Common Ground is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 3, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Common Ground?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Upright refrigerating unit at the cooking line registers 53F. Repair to maintain 41F or below.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Upright refrigerating unit at the cooking line registers 53F. Repair to maintain 41F or below.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Ice machine interior soiled. Clean properly. Slicer with dried up food debris (PIC states not in use). Clean properly.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Ice machine interior soiled. Clean properly. Slicer with dried up food debris (PIC states not in use). Clean properly.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor under and around cooking line soiled. Clean properly.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor under and around cooking line soiled. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Wall and pipe behind cooking line soiled. Clean properly.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Wall and pipe behind cooking line soiled. Clean properly.
When was Common Ground last inspected?
Common Ground has 20 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 30, 2018 | — | |
| October 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 4, 2015 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2014 | Pass |
Common Ground vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.