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Little Tao
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address1153 Commonwealth Av, Allston 02134
Is Little Tao clean?
Little Tao is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Little Tao?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed knives stored between equipment and wall Store properly on a clean/sanitized surface. Observed rice dispensing utensils stored in stagnant water at ambient temperature. Discontinue. Store properly .In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed knives stored between equipment and wall Store properly on a clean/sanitized surface. Observed rice dispensing utensils stored in stagnant water at ambient temperature. Discontinue. Store properly .
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on the counter. Store properly in saiitizer solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on the counter. Store properly in saiitizer solution.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Storage shelves near cooking line soiled. Clean properly.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Storage shelves near cooking line soiled. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink near warewashing area without paper towels. provide.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink near warewashing area without paper towels. provide.
When was Little Tao last inspected?
Little Tao has 14 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2025 | — | |
| October 16, 2024 | — | |
| November 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2022 | Fail |
Little Tao 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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.