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Lime Red Tea House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 15, 2025
- address1092 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02446
Is Lime Red Tea House clean?
Lime Red Tea House is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lime Red Tea House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hot water handle on the handwashing sink at the front service counter is not working- Repair Additional sinks availableSystem Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hot water handle on the handwashing sink at the front service counter is not working- Repair Additional sinks available
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of rodent activity noted in the lower level under equipment and shelving Clean all areas and provide an updated and detailed pest control report from a licensed pest control companyControlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of rodent activity noted in the lower level under equipment and shelving Clean all areas and provide an updated and detailed pest control report from a licensed pest control company
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Excessive amounts of items stored throughout the lower level area including items stored directly on the floor- Clear area for proper cleaning and pest controlMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Excessive amounts of items stored throughout the lower level area including items stored directly on the floor- Clear area for proper cleaning and pest control
When was Lime Red Tea House last inspected?
Lime Red Tea House has 32 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2026 | — | |
| August 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 6, 2023 | — | |
| July 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Lime Red Tea House 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 August 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.