Wise Guys

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 2, 2014
• address172 Brighton Av, Allston 02134

Is Wise Guys clean?

Wise Guys is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 2, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Wise Guys?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • The hood vent needs some repairs. Provide necessary repairs.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • The hood vent needs some repairs. Provide necessary repairs.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • The owner on record of the establishment is selling the business and the new owner is in the process of buying the establishment. Provide proof of ownership. The menu of the establishment has changed and they arenow cooking and hot holding Jamaican food. The employees were unfamiliar with hot holding and reheating temperatures for the new menu items. Train employees to properly hot hold and reheat items.critical
  PIC Knowledge • The owner on record of the establishment is selling the business and the new owner is in the process of buying the establishment. Provide proof of ownership. The menu of the establishment has changed and they arenow cooking and hot holding Jamaican food. The employees were unfamiliar with hot holding and reheating temperatures for the new menu items. Train employees to properly hot hold and reheat items.

When was Wise Guys last inspected?

Wise Guys has 9 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2013.

Wise Guys 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 7% 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 December 2, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.