Taiwan Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 17, 2026
• address34 Oxford St, Boston 02111

Is Taiwan Cafe clean?

Taiwan Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taiwan Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide a vomit cleanup kit on site (procedures to be emailed to the owner)
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide a vomit cleanup kit on site (procedures to be emailed to the owner)
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs observed stored above tomatoes.Discontinue Maintain a separation of raw & ready to eat items.critical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs observed stored above tomatoes.Discontinue Maintain a separation of raw & ready to eat items.
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Items in the refrigerator & freezer units observed with items stored on the floor.Elevate all stored items at least 6 inches off the ground during storage. Stored items missing covers/wraps.Provide wraps/covers during storage.
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Items in the refrigerator & freezer units observed with items stored on the floor.Elevate all stored items at least 6 inches off the ground during storage. Stored items missing covers/wraps.Provide wraps/covers during storage.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped items in the walkin refrigeration unit missing datemarkings.Provide datemarkings on all prepped items held 41F or below for over 24 hours.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped items in the walkin refrigeration unit missing datemarkings.Provide datemarkings on all prepped items held 41F or below for over 24 hours.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the wire rack shelving next to the dish machine to remove rust/soils/damaged foil wrap.Resurface
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the wire rack shelving next to the dish machine to remove rust/soils/damaged foil wrap.Resurface
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the food prep sink. (discussed with the owner to discontinue basement prep)critical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the food prep sink. (discussed with the owner to discontinue basement prep)
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • The outside trash location observed with debris on the ground.Clean to remove
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • The outside trash location observed with debris on the ground.Clean to remove
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Paper towels missing at the handwash sink.Provide
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Paper towels missing at the handwash sink.Provide
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Clean & organize the basement prep location elevate all stored items off the floor at least 6 inches.
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Clean & organize the basement prep location elevate all stored items off the floor at least 6 inches.
• ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors under/around all cook line equipment & basement to remove soils. Clean the interior floors of the walkin units to remove soils.
  Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors under/around all cook line equipment & basement to remove soils. Clean the interior floors of the walkin units to remove soils.
• ⚠️Provide a choke safe employee on site (post certificate)
  Provide a choke safe employee on site (post certificate)

When was Taiwan Cafe last inspected?

Taiwan Cafe has 53 inspections on record going back to August 1, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taiwan Cafe vs Leather District

Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 April 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.