Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2025
• address1 Avery St, Boston 02111

Is Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen clean?

Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 6, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to train staff on violation noted on the inspection report
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to train staff on violation noted on the inspection report
• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple squeeze bottles observed without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containers.
  Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple squeeze bottles observed without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containers.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Food dispensing utensils observed stored instagnant water 65F. Discontinue
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Food dispensing utensils observed stored instagnant water 65F. Discontinue
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Mash potato 47 store in line cold unit. PIC voluntarily discard product. Unit 36F (COS) PIC to train staff on cold holding temp.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Mash potato 47 store in line cold unit. PIC voluntarily discard product. Unit 36F (COS) PIC to train staff on cold holding temp.
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Multiple cutting boards observed heavily scored. Resurface/replace
  Cutting Surfaces (C) • Multiple cutting boards observed heavily scored. Resurface/replace
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Kitchen handsink pipe observed leaking below.Repair
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Kitchen handsink pipe observed leaking below.Repair
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Prep sink observed direct to waste (missing air gap). Install provide plumbers reportcritical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Prep sink observed direct to waste (missing air gap). Install provide plumbers report
• ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Prep area ligh bulbs observed missing protective shielding. Provide Warewashing light bulbs protective shield observed broken. Repair
  Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Prep area ligh bulbs observed missing protective shielding. Provide Warewashing light bulbs protective shield observed broken. Repair
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • CO2 tanks observed not secure.Secure all CO2 tanks
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • CO2 tanks observed not secure.Secure all CO2 tanks

When was Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen last inspected?

Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen has 25 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sip Wine Bar & Kitchen vs Downtown

Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.

Other spots in Downtown

• ✓ Pret A Manger (185 Franklin St.)
  clean · August 20, 2019
• ✓ Palm Restaurant (1 International Place)
  clean · December 30, 2025
• ✓ Society On High
  clean · April 23, 2026
• ✓ Warehouse Bar & Grille
  clean · April 21, 2026
• ✓ Santander Bank Executive Dining Room
  clean · December 15, 2016
• ✕ Subway (76 Summer St.)
  cooked · November 28, 2017

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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 November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.