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The Avenue Bar & Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 22, 2025
- address1249 Commonwealth Av, Allston 02134
Is The Avenue Bar & Grill clean?
The Avenue Bar & Grill is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Avenue Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Priority violations noted on the inspection report- Review with staff(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Priority violations noted on the inspection report- Review with staff
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Multiple products placed in a lift top refrigeration unit prior to the inspection with temperatures of 48F-50F All products were removed at the time of the inspection and placed in refrigeration at 38F-40Fcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Multiple products placed in a lift top refrigeration unit prior to the inspection with temperatures of 48F-50F All products were removed at the time of the inspection and placed in refrigeration at 38F-40F
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Lift top refrigeration unit at the prep line is at 50F- All products have been removed and a service call has been madeCooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Lift top refrigeration unit at the prep line is at 50F- All products have been removed and a service call has been made
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Chlorine sanitizer in the kitchen dish machine tested at 10ppm and oppm at the bar dish machine Accuchem contacted at the time of the inspection for service Disposable tableware shall be used until sanitizer is maintained at 50-100ppm in both machinescriticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Chlorine sanitizer in the kitchen dish machine tested at 10ppm and oppm at the bar dish machine Accuchem contacted at the time of the inspection for service Disposable tableware shall be used until sanitizer is maintained at 50-100ppm in both machines
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floor outside of the keg walkin in the lower level with soils and water buildup- Clean areaNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floor outside of the keg walkin in the lower level with soils and water buildup- Clean area
When was The Avenue Bar & Grill last inspected?
The Avenue Bar & Grill has 34 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| June 9, 2022 | Pass |
The Avenue Bar & Grill 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 August 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.