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The Avenue Bar & Grille
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 18, 2010
- address1249 Commonwealth Av, Allston 02134
Is The Avenue Bar & Grille clean?
The Avenue Bar & Grille is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 18, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Avenue Bar & Grille?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 18, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Hot water soap and towels were not available to the kitchen hand sink. As such the kitchen staff were unable to adequately handwash.criticalAdequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Hot water soap and towels were not available to the kitchen hand sink. As such the kitchen staff were unable to adequately handwash.
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Staff were not properly maintaining the dish machine. The unit should be serviced so that the sanitizer line holds its prime and provides proper sanitization.Dishwashng Facilities • Staff were not properly maintaining the dish machine. The unit should be serviced so that the sanitizer line holds its prime and provides proper sanitization.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The dish machine had been operated without proper sanitization for an unknown period of time prior to the inspection. The representative from the health division primed the dish machine's sanitizer line during the inspection. The machine was operating properly after the representative properly primed the unit. However the sanitizer line did not appear to be capable of holding the prime over time. The unit should have been serviced as soon as the staff identified the issue and prior to the inspection.criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • The dish machine had been operated without proper sanitization for an unknown period of time prior to the inspection. The representative from the health division primed the dish machine's sanitizer line during the inspection. The machine was operating properly after the representative properly primed the unit. However the sanitizer line did not appear to be capable of holding the prime over time. The unit should have been serviced as soon as the staff identified the issue and prior to the inspection.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Sanitizing buckets should be provided at each active food preparation area.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Sanitizing buckets should be provided at each active food preparation area.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • There is no hot water service to the kitchen hand sink and three basin sink. The hot water service must be returned.Installed and Maintained • There is no hot water service to the kitchen hand sink and three basin sink. The hot water service must be returned.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand soap and towels were not available to the kitchen hand sink. Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand soap and towels were not available to the kitchen hand sink. Provide.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Repair the holes within the walls in the basement. Clean the walls within the kitchen behind the dish machine dish drop area hand sink grill and fryer.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Repair the holes within the walls in the basement. Clean the walls within the kitchen behind the dish machine dish drop area hand sink grill and fryer.
When was The Avenue Bar & Grille last inspected?
The Avenue Bar & Grille has 11 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| June 5, 2012 | — | |
| July 8, 2011 | — | |
| October 18, 2010 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2010 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2009 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2009 | Fail | |
| November 19, 2008 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2008 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2007 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2007 | Fail |
The Avenue Bar & Grille 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 October 18, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.