Wok N Talk

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2023
• address525 Washington St, Brighton 02135

Is Wok N Talk clean?

Wok N Talk is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 19, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Wok N Talk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Observed several plastic bottles on the cookline with no labels to identify product. Discontinue and provide proper labeling.
  Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Observed several plastic bottles on the cookline with no labels to identify product. Discontinue and provide proper labeling.
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • Hood sticker exp 10/23. Provide updated inspection sticker. If Hood is not inspected prior to reinspection date provide proof of scheduled inspection.
  Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • Hood sticker exp 10/23. Provide updated inspection sticker. If Hood is not inspected prior to reinspection date provide proof of scheduled inspection.
• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Heavy food soils and debris in the interior and exterior of all refrigeration and freezer equipment. Clean to remove. Observed rodent droppings on the meat slicer. Clean to remove. Heavy soils on exterior of ice machine. Clean to remove
  (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Heavy food soils and debris in the interior and exterior of all refrigeration and freezer equipment. Clean to remove. Observed rodent droppings on the meat slicer. Clean to remove. Heavy soils on exterior of ice machine. Clean to remove
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Handsink on the cookline not operating. Repair and provide a licensed plumbers report to [email protected]. All handsinks should be operational at all times.critical
  System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Handsink on the cookline not operating. Repair and provide a licensed plumbers report to [email protected]. All handsinks should be operational at all times.
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Observed rodent droppings on the meat slicer. Assure all equipment is cleaned and sanitized properly. Continue to monitor rodent activity and address as needed.
  Controlling Pests (C) • Observed rodent droppings on the meat slicer. Assure all equipment is cleaned and sanitized properly. Continue to monitor rodent activity and address as needed.
• ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Heavy soils and debris located inside the handsink on the cookline. Clean to remove
  Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Heavy soils and debris located inside the handsink on the cookline. Clean to remove
• ⚠️Allergen certificate exp 11/22. Provide updated allergen and post.
  Allergen certificate exp 11/22. Provide updated allergen and post.

When was Wok N Talk last inspected?

Wok N Talk has 23 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Wok N Talk vs Brighton

Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 December 19, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.