Wings Over Boston is currently listed as closed by Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, as of its inspection on April 7, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Wings Over Boston?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors/exteriors of the fryer units to remove grease build up. Clean then interior shelving units to remove built up soils--Walk in
Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors/exteriors of the fryer units to remove grease build up. Clean then interior shelving units to remove built up soils--Walk in
⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Clean the outside trash location to remove excess debris.
Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Clean the outside trash location to remove excess debris.
⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the walls at the sauce dispensers to remove food splatters.
Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the walls at the sauce dispensers to remove food splatters.
⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was evidence of mouse activity observed (droppings) Provide a detailed IPM report upon re-inspection
Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was evidence of mouse activity observed (droppings) Provide a detailed IPM report upon re-inspection
⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the damaged door sweep at the rear door.
Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the damaged door sweep at the rear door.
⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the walkin refrigerator/freezer floors to remove soils & food debris Clean the floors under the wire rack shelving to remove soils-Sauce dispensing storage. Clean the floor around the grease trap & empty box storage dunnage rack to remove evidence of mouse droppings Clean the floors under/around the fryers to remove grease buildup.
Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the walkin refrigerator/freezer floors to remove soils & food debris Clean the floors under the wire rack shelving to remove soils-Sauce dispensing storage. Clean the floor around the grease trap & empty box storage dunnage rack to remove evidence of mouse droppings Clean the floors under/around the fryers to remove grease buildup.
When was Wings Over Boston last inspected?
Wings Over Boston has 54 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
June 25, 2026
closed by the city
April 7, 2025
Pass
March 27, 2025
Fail
September 26, 2024
Pass
September 6, 2024
Fail
August 23, 2024
Fail
May 31, 2024
—
May 21, 2024
Fail
January 3, 2024
—
July 5, 2023
Pass
June 25, 2023
Fail
June 25, 2023
closed by the city
Wings Over Boston vs South End
South End runs 80% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 489 clean, 61 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.