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Hey Tea
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 6, 2026
- address223 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Hey Tea clean?
Hey Tea is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hey Tea?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • At the ice machine there is excessive water leaking from behind the machine causing water to pool onto the floor and into multiple areas of the kitchen; repair or replace the ice machine so that it is no longer leaking water onto the floor. Have a licensed plumber complete the work or provide an estimate for the work to be completed.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • At the ice machine there is excessive water leaking from behind the machine causing water to pool onto the floor and into multiple areas of the kitchen; repair or replace the ice machine so that it is no longer leaking water onto the floor. Have a licensed plumber complete the work or provide an estimate for the work to be completed.
- ⚠️Post signage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection report is available upon request" Post most recent Letter Grade provided by the City of Boston within 5 feet of the front entrance visible to customersPost signage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection report is available upon request" Post most recent Letter Grade provided by the City of Boston within 5 feet of the front entrance visible to customers
When was Hey Tea last inspected?
Hey Tea has 8 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2026 | — | |
| March 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2025 | Fail |
Hey Tea 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 17% 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 March 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.