Zhi Wei Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 6, 2026
• address102 South St, Boston 02111

Is Zhi Wei Cafe clean?

Zhi Wei Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Zhi Wei Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide a vomit/cleanup kit on site (procedures to be emailed to the PIC)
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide a vomit/cleanup kit on site (procedures to be emailed to the PIC)
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • The low temp dish machine is not reading chlorine.Repair Maintain chlorine 50PPM or per manufactures instructions 3 bay sink to be used
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • The low temp dish machine is not reading chlorine.Repair Maintain chlorine 50PPM or per manufactures instructions 3 bay sink to be used
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • The interior of the ice machine was observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • The interior of the ice machine was observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the mixing bowl and adjoining shelving to remove soils. Clean the lower shelving of the prep tables to remove soils. Clean the shelving units in the walkin to remove soisl/food debris
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the mixing bowl and adjoining shelving to remove soils. Clean the lower shelving of the prep tables to remove soils. Clean the shelving units in the walkin to remove soisl/food debris
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The hot water fixture at the handsink is not operating.Repair (Alternate handsink to be used)
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The hot water fixture at the handsink is not operating.Repair (Alternate handsink to be used)
• ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the interior walkin floor to remove built up soils.
  Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the interior walkin floor to remove built up soils.
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The hood sticker expired on 1.21.26.Provide a proper hood cleaning from a licensed company.Post the new sticker
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The hood sticker expired on 1.21.26.Provide a proper hood cleaning from a licensed company.Post the new sticker
• ⚠️Provide a choke safe certificate from a full time employee.
  Provide a choke safe certificate from a full time employee.

When was Zhi Wei Cafe last inspected?

Zhi Wei Cafe has 14 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2023. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Zhi Wei Cafe vs Leather District

Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.