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Tavern In The Square
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2023
- address161 Brighton Av, Allston 02134
Is Tavern In The Square clean?
Tavern In The Square is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 23, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tavern In The Square?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Some bulk food items without labels at lower level . Label properly.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Some bulk food items without labels at lower level . Label properly.
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Low Temp Dish Machine does not register any chlorine sanitizer level at lower level. Mantain between 50-100ppm Chlorine. Three Bay Sink will be used to perform sanitizing step until repair takes place.criticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Low Temp Dish Machine does not register any chlorine sanitizer level at lower level. Mantain between 50-100ppm Chlorine. Three Bay Sink will be used to perform sanitizing step until repair takes place.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Can opener with dried up food debris. Clean and sanitize properly.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Can opener with dried up food debris. Clean and sanitize properly.
- ⚠️Storage Refuse Recyclables and Returnable (C) • Dumpster on the site overfilled and with loose trash and debris. Clean properly and mantain dumpster properly enclosed.Storage Refuse Recyclables and Returnable (C) • Dumpster on the site overfilled and with loose trash and debris. Clean properly and mantain dumpster properly enclosed.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • Walk-in freezer at lower level with interior light out of order. Repair.Intensity-Lighting (C) • Walk-in freezer at lower level with interior light out of order. Repair.
When was Tavern In The Square last inspected?
Tavern In The Square has 36 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 28, 2021 | — | |
| September 29, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2019 | — |
Tavern In The Square 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 January 23, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.