The Avenue Bar

1249 Commonwealth Av, Boston, MA 02134

Passed re-check · Aug 22, 2025 Directions
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Poor BiteKarma score 69 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 8 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Aug 22, 2025: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Aug 14, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Nonfood-contact surfaces, cited 2 times, plus 2 other repeat issues.
  • 5 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Aug 22

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Aug 14

    Inspection

    5 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Demonstration
    • Critical Cooling heating and holding capacities-equipment
    • Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  4. Passed Mar 7

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Passed Mar 4

    Reinspection

    No violations

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