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Wine Gallery
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 3, 2018
- address681 Washington St, Boston 02116
Is Wine Gallery clean?
Wine Gallery is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 3, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Wine Gallery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Cheeses on shelf of cold unit @ 55f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below (manager discarded 20-25pds of assorted cheeses).criticalCold Holding • Cheeses on shelf of cold unit @ 55f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below (manager discarded 20-25pds of assorted cheeses).
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • 8-301.11 Non payment of 2018 Health Permit.criticalPIC Performing Duties • 8-301.11 Non payment of 2018 Health Permit.
When was Wine Gallery last inspected?
Wine Gallery has 7 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| April 3, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2015 | — | |
| October 26, 2015 | Fail |
Wine Gallery vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 April 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.