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Little Asia Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2026
- address991 Bennington St, East Boston 02128
Is Little Asia Restaurant clean?
Little Asia Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Little Asia Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed the entire scoop stored with the handle in direct contact with flour. PIC was instructed to store scoops with handle extending out of the food to prevent contaminationIn-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed the entire scoop stored with the handle in direct contact with flour. PIC was instructed to store scoops with handle extending out of the food to prevent contamination
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Multiple bucket and boxes of foods items food storage containers observed stored on the ground in the walk-in cooler. Discontinue/ elevate 6 inch of the groundFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Multiple bucket and boxes of foods items food storage containers observed stored on the ground in the walk-in cooler. Discontinue/ elevate 6 inch of the ground
- ⚠️Food Preparation (C) • Obserevd open foods in the undercounter refrigerator and walk-in cooler stored in non-food -grade containers./ PIC was instructed to discountiue use of non food-grade containers and stored all food in NSF-approved or equivalent food-grade containersFood Preparation (C) • Obserevd open foods in the undercounter refrigerator and walk-in cooler stored in non-food -grade containers./ PIC was instructed to discountiue use of non food-grade containers and stored all food in NSF-approved or equivalent food-grade containers
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Reach in Unit/ walk-in cooler Properly date mark all ready to eat foods/Provide made/discard date to all food prepped before storing in the refrigeratorReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Reach in Unit/ walk-in cooler Properly date mark all ready to eat foods/Provide made/discard date to all food prepped before storing in the refrigerator
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Observed the low temp dishmachine heavily soiled with food debris and residue. Clean and maintain in clean and sanitary codition Remove all # 10 open food cans stored inside the under-counter refrigerator and walk-in coolerNonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Observed the low temp dishmachine heavily soiled with food debris and residue. Clean and maintain in clean and sanitary codition Remove all # 10 open food cans stored inside the under-counter refrigerator and walk-in cooler
- ⚠️Characteristics-Single-Service and Single-Use (C) • Flat top grill observed lined with aluminum foils. DiscontinueCharacteristics-Single-Service and Single-Use (C) • Flat top grill observed lined with aluminum foils. Discontinue
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C) • Observed heavily soiled wiping cloths left on the counter overnight. Wiping cloth shell be properly cleaned and sanitized after use and stored in an approved sanitizing solution or laundered at the end of each day.Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C) • Observed heavily soiled wiping cloths left on the counter overnight. Wiping cloth shell be properly cleaned and sanitized after use and stored in an approved sanitizing solution or laundered at the end of each day.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed a knife stored in the handwashing sink in the kitchen. PIC was instructed to remove the knife immediantely and keep hanwashing sink accessible for wahwashing only .(cos)Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed a knife stored in the handwashing sink in the kitchen. PIC was instructed to remove the knife immediantely and keep hanwashing sink accessible for wahwashing only .(cos)
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Obseved the floor throughout the kitchen soiled with food debris and grease buil-up. clean to removeFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Obseved the floor throughout the kitchen soiled with food debris and grease buil-up. clean to remove
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Ceiling above the low temp dishmachine observed missing ceiling tile. RepairWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Ceiling above the low temp dishmachine observed missing ceiling tile. Repair
When was Little Asia Restaurant last inspected?
Little Asia Restaurant has 69 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2024 | Fail |
Little Asia Restaurant vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 July 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.