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Talk And Wok Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2020
- address1277 River St, Hyde Park 02136
Is Talk And Wok Cafe clean?
Talk And Wok Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 2, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Talk And Wok Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • bodily fluid spill kit incomplete.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • bodily fluid spill kit incomplete.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • No label on BBQ sauce container provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • No label on BBQ sauce container provide.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • 2 sink plugs missing at 3 bay sink.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • 2 sink plugs missing at 3 bay sink.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean cooking equipment sides inbetween and backsplash to remove visible soil. Clean broiler to remove grease soil.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean cooking equipment sides inbetween and backsplash to remove visible soil. Clean broiler to remove grease soil.
- ⚠️Receptacles (C) • Discontinue the use of make shift food buckets as trash recepticles provide commericial grade trash recepticles with covers.Receptacles (C) • Discontinue the use of make shift food buckets as trash recepticles provide commericial grade trash recepticles with covers.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor below cooking equipment to remove grease soil.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor below cooking equipment to remove grease soil.
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • No hand wash signage at hand wash sink provide.Handwashing Signage (C) • No hand wash signage at hand wash sink provide.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • Upright freezer missing lightbulb provide.Intensity-Lighting (C) • Upright freezer missing lightbulb provide.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed live cockroach on glue trap at basement area provide current pest control report.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed live cockroach on glue trap at basement area provide current pest control report.
When was Talk And Wok Cafe last inspected?
Talk And Wok Cafe has 51 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 2, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 11, 2018 | — | |
| October 9, 2018 | — | |
| August 21, 2018 | — | |
| August 13, 2018 | — | |
| August 6, 2018 | — | |
| July 30, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 28, 2017 | Pass |
Talk And Wok Cafe vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 75% clean across 181 tracked restaurants — 129 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 181 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 July 2, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.