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Poke City
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 22, 2026
- address63 Broad St, Boston 02109
Is Poke City clean?
Poke City is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Poke City?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Certified food manager certificate observed expired. Update certificate.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Certified food manager certificate observed expired. Update certificate.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of salsa in basement observed without date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of salsa in basement observed without date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.
- ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Raw fish observed stored above ready to eat product in refigeration unit. Corrected on site. Ensure proper storage of raw foods.criticalPreventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Raw fish observed stored above ready to eat product in refigeration unit. Corrected on site. Ensure proper storage of raw foods.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Paper towels observed empty at basement area hand sink. Provide.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Paper towels observed empty at basement area hand sink. Provide.
When was Poke City last inspected?
Poke City has 29 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 5, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 19, 2023 | Fail |
Poke City vs Downtown
Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.