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Five Guys Burgers & Fries
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 26, 2019
- address1227 Commonwealth Av, Allston 02134
Is Five Guys Burgers & Fries clean?
Five Guys Burgers & Fries is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 26, 2019. 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 Five Guys Burgers & Fries?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Boxes with paper cups stored on the floor at the lower level. Elevate properly 6 inches or above.Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Boxes with paper cups stored on the floor at the lower level. Elevate properly 6 inches or above.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand Sink at prep area missing signage. Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand Sink at prep area missing signage. Provide.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Lower level storage room with large amount of not in use items/ tools spread around. Remove and clean properly.Premises Maintained • Lower level storage room with large amount of not in use items/ tools spread around. Remove and clean properly.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Health Permit not renewed. Renew the Health Permit for 2019. (8-303.11)criticalPIC Performing Duties • Health Permit not renewed. Renew the Health Permit for 2019. (8-303.11)
When was Five Guys Burgers & Fries last inspected?
Five Guys Burgers & Fries has 10 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| April 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2017 | — | |
| June 19, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2016 | Fail |
Five Guys Burgers & Fries 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 5% 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 April 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.