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Talk And Wok Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026
- 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 April 16, 2026. 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 April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • No on some foods stored inside walk in cooler provide.Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • No on some foods stored inside walk in cooler provide.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • No labels on some condiment squeeze bottles provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • No labels on some condiment squeeze bottles provide.
- ⚠️(B) Good Repair and Calibration (Pf) • Food thermometer not calibrated repair or replace.(B) Good Repair and Calibration (Pf) • Food thermometer not calibrated repair or replace.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean wok range to remove visible soil.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean wok range to remove visible soil.
- ⚠️Receptacles (C) • No trash recepticle for hand wash sink near cooking line provide.Receptacles (C) • No trash recepticle for hand wash sink near cooking line provide.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at basement restroom provide.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at basement restroom provide.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • light bulb defective at exhausthood dry storage area and basement stair area replaceIntensity-Lighting (C) • light bulb defective at exhausthood dry storage area and basement stair area replace
When was Talk And Wok Cafe last inspected?
Talk And Wok Cafe has 27 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2024 | — | |
| September 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — |
Talk And Wok Cafe vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 77% clean across 181 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 20 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 181 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.