Cooked?
Santouka
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address66 Hereford St, Boston 02115
Is Santouka clean?
Santouka is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Santouka?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Observed multiple cold holding units lacking internal thermometers; provide internal thermometers in conspicuous locations at all cold holding units.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Observed multiple cold holding units lacking internal thermometers; provide internal thermometers in conspicuous locations at all cold holding units.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • At the handwashing sink in the main kitchen there are no approved hand drying devices to properly dry hands; provide approved hand drying devices at all times for all handwashing sinks. • Observed three handwashing sink basins blocked in restaurant with items stored in the sink basins observed a garden hose attached to the faucet of the handwashing sink in the main kitchen area; handwashing sinks should be used for handwashing only and be accessible at all times.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • At the handwashing sink in the main kitchen there are no approved hand drying devices to properly dry hands; provide approved hand drying devices at all times for all handwashing sinks. • Observed three handwashing sink basins blocked in restaurant with items stored in the sink basins observed a garden hose attached to the faucet of the handwashing sink in the main kitchen area; handwashing sinks should be used for handwashing only and be accessible at all times.
- ⚠️Provide and post allergy awareness poster in back of house for staff Provide and post signage visible to customers stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request."Provide and post allergy awareness poster in back of house for staff Provide and post signage visible to customers stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request."
When was Santouka last inspected?
Santouka has 35 inspections on record going back to June 24, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2024 | — | |
| March 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Santouka vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.