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Gong Cha
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 30, 2026
- address1472 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is Gong Cha clean?
Gong Cha is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 30, 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 June 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Ice scoopm stored in ice bin. Store scoop in clean container next to ice bin.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Ice scoopm stored in ice bin. Store scoop in clean container next to ice bin.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Second sink bay leaks under basin. Repair as needed.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Second sink bay leaks under basin. Repair as needed.
- ⚠️Allergen certification expired. Provide updated certification.Allergen certification expired. Provide updated certification.
When was Gong Cha last inspected?
Gong Cha has 21 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2023 | Pass |
Gong Cha vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 June 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.