Asta

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 30, 2026
• address47 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115

Is Asta clean?

Asta is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 30, 2026. 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 Asta?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Drawer refrigerator unit is currently inoperable. Make all necessary repairs. Ample additional refrigeration in place holding at below 41F to support the menu.
  Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Drawer refrigerator unit is currently inoperable. Make all necessary repairs. Ample additional refrigeration in place holding at below 41F to support the menu.
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Food prep sink drain is directly plumbed. Install air gap for proper seperation. Handouts provided. Provide copy of ISD plumbing permit with time frame of completion and scope of work by a licensed plumber.critical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Food prep sink drain is directly plumbed. Install air gap for proper seperation. Handouts provided. Provide copy of ISD plumbing permit with time frame of completion and scope of work by a licensed plumber.
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • What appears to be exposed waste pipes in ceiling above ice machine in basement. Seal with cleanable materials. Column in kitchen with damaged surfaces. Resurface.
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • What appears to be exposed waste pipes in ceiling above ice machine in basement. Seal with cleanable materials. Column in kitchen with damaged surfaces. Resurface.
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • No handwashing signage at handsink. Provide.
  Handwashing Signage (C) • No handwashing signage at handsink. Provide.
• ⚠️Anti-Choking • Choke save certificate is expired. Provide current. Anti-choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments. (1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000: Approved Choke-saving Procedures. (2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D shall: (a) Have on its premises while food is being served an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and (b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance
  Anti-Choking • Choke save certificate is expired. Provide current. Anti-choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments. (1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000: Approved Choke-saving Procedures. (2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D shall: (a) Have on its premises while food is being served an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and (b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance

When was Asta last inspected?

Asta has 28 inspections on record going back to January 16, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Asta vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

Other spots in Back Bay

• ✓ J.P. Licks @ Boylston St.
  clean · May 7, 2026
• ✓ Au Bon Pain (Kiosk)
  clean · October 3, 2012
• ✓ See's Candies (Kiosk Space Cck5)
  clean · November 13, 2012
• ✓ Scoozi (237 Newbury St.)
  clean · June 16, 2017
• ✓ Crumbs Bakery Shop (Kiosk)
  clean · March 18, 2014
• ✓ Ikura
  clean · May 15, 2014

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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 June 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.