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Five Guys Burgers & Fries
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 19, 2018
- address261 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Five Guys Burgers & Fries clean?
Five Guys Burgers & Fries is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 19, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Five Guys Burgers & Fries?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Cut uncooked french fries and partially cooked french fries in fryolator baskets at cookline at temperatures of 54F-62F. Per PIC french fries placed on line 1 hour prior to inspection At time of inspection all fries removed from cookline placed on sheet pan and placed in walkin to cool to 41F or belowcriticalCold Holding • Cut uncooked french fries and partially cooked french fries in fryolator baskets at cookline at temperatures of 54F-62F. Per PIC french fries placed on line 1 hour prior to inspection At time of inspection all fries removed from cookline placed on sheet pan and placed in walkin to cool to 41F or below
- ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Sanitizer at 3 bay sink reads 500+ppm quats- Repair to ensure sanitizer is maintained at 150-400ppm quats per manufacturers instructions. PIC to add water until repirs are madecriticalSeparation/Sanitizer Criteria • Sanitizer at 3 bay sink reads 500+ppm quats- Repair to ensure sanitizer is maintained at 150-400ppm quats per manufacturers instructions. PIC to add water until repirs are made
When was Five Guys Burgers & Fries last inspected?
Five Guys Burgers & Fries has 18 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 27, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2015 | Fail |
Five Guys Burgers & Fries vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 June 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.