Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2007
• address714 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215

Is Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King clean?

Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 6, 2007. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2007, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • Food thermometers are not calibrated. Calibrate thermometers.
  Food Thermometers Provided • Food thermometers are not calibrated. Calibrate thermometers.
• ⚠️Cold Holding • Cooking line: Flip top unit pasteurized eggs 47 F. Provide proper cold holding of 41 F or below. Half-gallon of pasteurized eggs and 5 pounds of cream cheese 48 F overnight were discarded.critical
  Cold Holding • Cooking line: Flip top unit pasteurized eggs 47 F. Provide proper cold holding of 41 F or below. Half-gallon of pasteurized eggs and 5 pounds of cream cheese 48 F overnight were discarded.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Dining Room: Straws are stored exposed to customer contamination. Store correctly.
  Food Protection • Dining Room: Straws are stored exposed to customer contamination. Store correctly.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Dry storage: Bulk food container covers are cracked. Replace.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Dry storage: Bulk food container covers are cracked. Replace.
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Cooking Line: Flip top unit has no thermometer. Provide.
  Equipment Thermometers • Cooking Line: Flip top unit has no thermometer. Provide.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Front counter: Drink mixing equipment is washed in the handsink. Wash items properly.critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Front counter: Drink mixing equipment is washed in the handsink. Wash items properly.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping cloths are stored outside of sanitizer. Store cloths properly. Wiping cloths are visibly soiled. Clean.
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping cloths are stored outside of sanitizer. Store cloths properly. Wiping cloths are visibly soiled. Clean.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Counters and cabinets are Soiled with food debris. Clean to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Counters and cabinets are Soiled with food debris. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Kitchen: Bathroom door is not self-closing. Provide.
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Kitchen: Bathroom door is not self-closing. Provide.
• ⚠️Labeled Common Name • Chemical bottles are not labeled. Label all an chemical bottles.critical
  Labeled Common Name • Chemical bottles are not labeled. Label all an chemical bottles.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Dry Storage room is crowded with excess items. Remove unnecessary items.
  Premises Maintained • Dry Storage room is crowded with excess items. Remove unnecessary items.
• ⚠️Person in charge Assigned • There is no person in charge. Provide a day time food safety manager.critical
  Person in charge Assigned • There is no person in charge. Provide a day time food safety manager.

When was Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King last inspected?

Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King has 4 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2007.

Lollicup Tea Zone & Spice King vs Fenway

Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 November 6, 2007. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.