Cooked?
E Shan Tang Herbs
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026
- address171 Harvard Av, Allston 02134
Is E Shan Tang Herbs clean?
E Shan Tang Herbs is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at E Shan Tang Herbs?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Health Permit not renewed for 2026. Provide.Health Permit not renewed for 2026. Provide.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No chlorine sanitizer test strips on site. Provide.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No chlorine sanitizer test strips on site. Provide.
When was E Shan Tang Herbs last inspected?
E Shan Tang Herbs has 3 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2025 | Pass |
E Shan Tang Herbs 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 12% 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 February 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.