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Vivi Bubble Tea
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2022
- address182 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Vivi Bubble Tea clean?
Vivi Bubble Tea is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Vivi Bubble Tea?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Use Limitations (C) • Remove cardboard from storage room shelves.Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Use Limitations (C) • Remove cardboard from storage room shelves.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the ice machine vents to remove dust build up. Clean the exterior of the front counter waffle irons to remove food debris Cook line:Clean the interior of the beverage air open top unit to remove soils.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the ice machine vents to remove dust build up. Clean the exterior of the front counter waffle irons to remove food debris Cook line:Clean the interior of the beverage air open top unit to remove soils.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Repair the leaking drian pipe under the prep sink.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Repair the leaking drian pipe under the prep sink.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the Hot water fixture at the cook line handwash sink. Alternate sink in useRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the Hot water fixture at the cook line handwash sink. Alternate sink in use
When was Vivi Bubble Tea last inspected?
Vivi Bubble Tea has 16 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 10, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 4, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2020 | Fail |
Vivi Bubble Tea 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 March 18, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.