Royal Tea

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 6, 2023
• address162 Harvard Av, Allston 02134

Is Royal Tea clean?

Royal Tea is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 6, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Royal Tea?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 6, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored soiled on the counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored soiled on the counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Boxes with tea stored on the floor at lower level. Elevate properly.
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Boxes with tea stored on the floor at lower level. Elevate properly.
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Employee at the tea section states that she washes utensils in the prep sink. Perform proper warewashing all the time (wash rinse sanitize)critical
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Employee at the tea section states that she washes utensils in the prep sink. Perform proper warewashing all the time (wash rinse sanitize)
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting boards at prep area stained and scored. resurface and clean properly.
  Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting boards at prep area stained and scored. resurface and clean properly.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Kives and peeler stored soiled on magnetic strip. Clean and sanitize before storing away.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Kives and peeler stored soiled on magnetic strip. Clean and sanitize before storing away.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Several exterior of refrigerating units cooking line equipment -- Soiled. Interior bottom of walk-in unit soiled. Clean all properly
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Several exterior of refrigerating units cooking line equipment -- Soiled. Interior bottom of walk-in unit soiled. Clean all properly
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Floor at corner of cooking line soiled. Clean properly.
  Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Floor at corner of cooking line soiled. Clean properly.
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood Vent sticker expired and with large amount of build up grease and dust. Clean properly provide a current hood vent sticker.
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood Vent sticker expired and with large amount of build up grease and dust. Clean properly provide a current hood vent sticker.

When was Royal Tea last inspected?

Royal Tea has 8 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2022.

Royal Tea 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 October 6, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.