Pokeworks

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 2, 2025
• address415 Brookline Av, Boston 02215

Is Pokeworks clean?

Pokeworks is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pokeworks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Staff on duty was unable to demonstrate cooling process illness policy cooking/cold/ hot holding temperature parameters and reheating. Educational material will be provided for PIC to retrain and train staff.
  (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Staff on duty was unable to demonstrate cooling process illness policy cooking/cold/ hot holding temperature parameters and reheating. Educational material will be provided for PIC to retrain and train staff.
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • CFPM to designate knowledgeable PIC at all hours of operation. CFPM to train staff on all violations noted. *** PIC to post current Health Permit 2025 PIC to post current Certificate of Inspection PICto post current Site Cleanliness Certificate
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • CFPM to designate knowledgeable PIC at all hours of operation. CFPM to train staff on all violations noted. *** PIC to post current Health Permit 2025 PIC to post current Certificate of Inspection PICto post current Site Cleanliness Certificate
• ⚠️(A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Observed staff leaving kitchen area with gloves on and coming back to perform new task in the kitchen with same gloves on. Discontinue. PIC to train staff on glove usage.critical
  (A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Observed staff leaving kitchen area with gloves on and coming back to perform new task in the kitchen with same gloves on. Discontinue. PIC to train staff on glove usage.
• ⚠️Reheating for Hot Holding (P) • Per PIC hot holding huli huli chicken was removed from refrigeration and placed into the hot holding unit. Adivised PIC to reheat all hot holding items to 165F and verify with a probe thermometer before placing in hot holding. Huli Huli chicken was reheat to 165F and up. PIC to retrain staff on reheating.critical
  Reheating for Hot Holding (P) • Per PIC hot holding huli huli chicken was removed from refrigeration and placed into the hot holding unit. Adivised PIC to reheat all hot holding items to 165F and verify with a probe thermometer before placing in hot holding. Huli Huli chicken was reheat to 165F and up. PIC to retrain staff on reheating.
• ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Customer Grab and Go Prewrapped Garlicspam missing name and ingredients list labels. Per cashier sometimes the customer self serves and sometimes Items are handled by employees. Provide lables. Multiple squeeze bottles at the open refrigerator observed without lables. Provide labels to each squeeze bottles when removed from original containers
  Food Labels (Pf) • Customer Grab and Go Prewrapped Garlicspam missing name and ingredients list labels. Per cashier sometimes the customer self serves and sometimes Items are handled by employees. Provide lables. Multiple squeeze bottles at the open refrigerator observed without lables. Provide labels to each squeeze bottles when removed from original containers
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Low temp dishwasher unable to dispense sanitzer. Repair to read according to the data plate specification and labels. PIC to use 3 bay sink until repair is done.critical
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Low temp dishwasher unable to dispense sanitzer. Repair to read according to the data plate specification and labels. PIC to use 3 bay sink until repair is done.
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Multiple cutting boards observed heavily scored. Ressurface/ Replace
  Cutting Surfaces (C) • Multiple cutting boards observed heavily scored. Ressurface/ Replace
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Handsink in warewashing and food prep sink observed blocked. Multiple buckets of chemicals stored in front. Discontinue and maintain accessible at all time. Corrected on site.
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Handsink in warewashing and food prep sink observed blocked. Multiple buckets of chemicals stored in front. Discontinue and maintain accessible at all time. Corrected on site.
• ⚠️Grease Trap(C) • Grease trap observed oderous . Clean to remove
  Grease Trap(C) • Grease trap observed oderous . Clean to remove

When was Pokeworks last inspected?

Pokeworks has 25 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pokeworks vs Longwood

Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 May 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.