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Gong Cha
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026
- address281 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Gong Cha clean?
Gong Cha is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Gong Cha?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Daylight emitting around front door at base and seams. Seal with pest proof materials.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Daylight emitting around front door at base and seams. Seal with pest proof materials.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Several small flies observed in the warewashing area. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide an UPDATED IPM pest control report upon reinspection post dated after this inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Several small flies observed in the warewashing area. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide an UPDATED IPM pest control report upon reinspection post dated after this inspection.
When was Gong Cha last inspected?
Gong Cha has 17 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2025 | — | |
| July 22, 2024 | — | |
| July 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2022 | Fail |
Gong Cha vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.