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Wow Bao
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 2, 2026
- address500 Terminal Rd, East Boston 02128
Is Wow Bao clean?
Wow Bao is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Wow Bao?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Yellow hood sticker observed expired May 17 2026. Provide updated stickerCleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Yellow hood sticker observed expired May 17 2026. Provide updated sticker
When was Wow Bao last inspected?
Wow Bao has 14 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 19, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2023 | — | |
| August 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Wow Bao vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 June 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.