Hey Tea

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026
• address162 Harvard Av, Allston 02134

Is Hey Tea clean?

Hey Tea is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hey Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on the counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on the counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No sanitizing test strips on site. Provide.
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No sanitizing test strips on site. Provide.
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at toilet and one of the handsinks in prep area. Provide.
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at toilet and one of the handsinks in prep area. Provide.

When was Hey Tea last inspected?

Hey Tea has 7 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2025.

Hey Tea 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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.