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Wink & Nod
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
- address3 Appleton St, Boston 02116
Is Wink & Nod clean?
Wink & Nod is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Wink & Nod?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • The consumer advisory on the menu is missing the disclosure. Provide the disclosure that reads"(*)these items are served raw/undercooked or cooked to order"Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • The consumer advisory on the menu is missing the disclosure. Provide the disclosure that reads"(*)these items are served raw/undercooked or cooked to order"
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The open top unit is not operating.Repair Lower part of the unit is empty Items in the open top are submerged in ice Service call has been placed per PIC Alternate reachin units are availableGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The open top unit is not operating.Repair Lower part of the unit is empty Items in the open top are submerged in ice Service call has been placed per PIC Alternate reachin units are available
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior panel of the ice machine to remove soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior panel of the ice machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the wall mounted french fry chopper to remove food debris.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the wall mounted french fry chopper to remove food debris.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • There are lights out in the kitchen.Repair/replace bulbsIntensity-Lighting (C) • There are lights out in the kitchen.Repair/replace bulbs
When was Wink & Nod last inspected?
Wink & Nod has 20 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2019 | Fail |
Wink & Nod vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.