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Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 8, 2026
- address215 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea clean?
Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • No hair restraints observed worn by food handlers; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • No hair restraints observed worn by food handlers; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed in use utensils stored in 72F water; discontinue this practice utensils should be store don a clean and saniitzed surface in water 135F and above or in cool running water.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed in use utensils stored in 72F water; discontinue this practice utensils should be store don a clean and saniitzed surface in water 135F and above or in cool running water.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • There is no dedicated prep sink on site; the staff state they use the three compartment sink to wash produce and that sink does have an air gap. Through conversation with Principal AM it was determined that there is not sufficient space in the prep area to install a prep sink. A request for variance form will be sent please complete it and return to [email protected]Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • There is no dedicated prep sink on site; the staff state they use the three compartment sink to wash produce and that sink does have an air gap. Through conversation with Principal AM it was determined that there is not sufficient space in the prep area to install a prep sink. A request for variance form will be sent please complete it and return to [email protected]
When was Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea last inspected?
Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea has 14 inspections on record going back to June 29, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2026 | — | |
| June 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 2, 2023 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 7, 2022 | — | |
| April 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2022 | Pass |
Yifang Taiwan Fruit 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 15% 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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.