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The Avenue Grille
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 23, 2017
- address856 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125
Is The Avenue Grille clean?
The Avenue Grille is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 23, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Avenue Grille?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Frozen food found in shopping bagges . Remove . Store all food in food grade bags or containers.Food Protection • Frozen food found in shopping bagges . Remove . Store all food in food grade bags or containers.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • Staff unable to wash hand properly without soap and paper towel. Provide For proper and adequate hand washing.criticalGood Hygienic Practices • Staff unable to wash hand properly without soap and paper towel. Provide For proper and adequate hand washing.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Torn gasket on walkin refrigerator. RepairNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Torn gasket on walkin refrigerator. Repair
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • No equipment thermometer in walkin refrigerator .Provide to ensure proper cold temperature.Equipment Thermometers • No equipment thermometer in walkin refrigerator .Provide to ensure proper cold temperature.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No test kit for three compartment sink . Provide to ensure proper dilution of sanitizer..Test Kit Provided • No test kit for three compartment sink . Provide to ensure proper dilution of sanitizer..
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wet wiping cloths found on counter tops. Remove . All wet wiping cloths must be stored in sanitizer.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wet wiping cloths found on counter tops. Remove . All wet wiping cloths must be stored in sanitizer.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Heavly soiled prep table and dough mixer Frozen spill in yogurt refrigerator. Soils and food debris in freezer chest and upright freezer. Clean to remove all soils.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Heavly soiled prep table and dough mixer Frozen spill in yogurt refrigerator. Soils and food debris in freezer chest and upright freezer. Clean to remove all soils.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Leaky pipe under three compartment sink. RepairInstalled and Maintained • Leaky pipe under three compartment sink. Repair
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towel or soap at handsink in kitchen area no soap at handsink in prep area. Provide for proper handwashing.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towel or soap at handsink in kitchen area no soap at handsink in prep area. Provide for proper handwashing.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Back door to kitchen left open for air. Provide screen door.Insects Rodents Animals • Back door to kitchen left open for air. Provide screen door.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Heavly soiled with food debris in walk-in refrigerator. Clean to remove all soils.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Heavly soiled with food debris in walk-in refrigerator. Clean to remove all soils.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Mop and bucket in kitchen area. Remove store properly in mop sink area.Premises Maintained • Mop and bucket in kitchen area. Remove store properly in mop sink area.
When was The Avenue Grille last inspected?
The Avenue Grille has 24 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 19, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| May 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2016 | — | |
| August 9, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 30, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 27, 2014 | Pass |
The Avenue Grille vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 May 23, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.