Poke City

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf)
  Inspector note: Rice lab test is expired. Fish purveyor letter observed expired. Update yearly. Provide updated letter and test.
  code 590.008/8-103.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
  Inspector note: Dishes observed in warewash area hand sink. Remove Hand sinks should be for handwashing only.
  code 590.005/5-205.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
  Inspector note: Employee on production line observed without hair restraint. Provide.
  code 590.002/2-402.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
  Inspector note: Uncovered product in production line refrigeration unit. Cover to prevent potential contamination.
  code 590.003/3-302.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Soiled cardboard on shelfing. Foil observed on fryer unit. Remove. Surfaces must be easily cleanable.
  code 590.004/4-101.19-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
  Inspector note: Back trash area obsevred with excess cardboard boxes and unused equiptment. Remove all excess items and remove all trash.
  code 590.006/6-501.114-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 5, 2026: 1 finding recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Downtown

• ✓ Lily's Coffee & Cafe
  clean · 33 Arch St · inspected July 23, 2026
• ✓ Lily's Pizza
  clean · 2 Oliver St · inspected March 25, 2026
• ✓ Court Street Cafe
  clean · 1 Court St · inspected February 25, 2021
• ✓ The Hummus Republic
  clean · 274 Franklin St · inspected December 3, 2021
• ? Al Capone's
  not rated · 80 Summer St · inspected September 14, 2022
• ✕ Banh Mi Ok
  cooked · 44 School St · inspected November 29, 2021

See every restaurant in Downtown →

About this record

This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Analyze Boston.