Asia Wok
Last inspected: Dec 8, 2025
50
Score
Asia Wok, located at 44 Harvard Avenue in Allston, MA, underwent a high-risk inspection on December 8, 2025, with a score of 50. This inspection identified one critical violation, three major violations, and five minor violations, including issues with time/temperature control for safety food, equipment in good repair, and food-contact surfaces. The facility has a history of mostly high-risk inspections across its six recorded evaluations.
6
Inspections
1
Critical latest
3
Major latest
5
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 8, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
50
Dec 4, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
50
Apr 25, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 2 minor violations.
58
Apr 17, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 2 minor violations.
58
Sep 6, 2023
Routine
5 major violations. 6 minor violations.
45
Aug 21, 2023
Routine
5 major violations. 6 minor violations.
45
Violations — Dec 8, 2025 Inspection
(a)(2) and (b) time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding (p)
Inspector notes: At the walk in refrigerator chicken wings 49F chopped vegetables 49F chicken fingers 49F held out of temperature for an unknown amount of time. An emergency service call was placed during the inspection to repair the walk in refrigerator. Hold cold TCS foods at 41F or below.
590.003/3-501.16-P
(b) good repair and calibration (pf)
Inspector notes: The provided analog food thermometer from the establishment read 50F when the health inspector's calibrated thermometer read 41F for cut onions in the sandwich cooler. Repair or replace food thermometer.
590.004/4-502.11-PF
(b) and (c) equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils (c)
Inspector notes: The shelving above the sandwich coolers are encrusted with soils; clean and sanitize of soils.
590.004/4-601.11-C
Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter (c)
Inspector notes: In the closet in the basement there are excessive cardboard boxes and clutter; remove cardboard boxes and items no longer used at restaurant to allow for proper cleaning.
590.006/6-501.114-C
(a) (b) and (c)(1) (4)-(16) demonstration (pf)
Inspector notes: The person in charge who is a certified food protection manager was not able to name any of the reportable symptoms or illnesses was not able to give the correct minimum internal temperatures for foods to be cooked to could not explain two stage cooling for the chicken fingers and chicken wings observed in the walkin refrigerator and was not able to set up the location's sanitizer to correct parts per million of chlorine. The certified food protection manager should be knowlegable about food safety illness policy and sanitization.
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF
Nonfood-contact surfaces (c)
Inspector notes: Cardboard is used to line the top shelf above the cook line; cease usage of cardboard; nonfood contact surfaces should be cleanable durable and nonporous.
590.004/4-101.19-C
Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment (c)
Inspector notes: The gasket at the door of the walkin refrigerator is damaged; repair or replace.
590.004/4-501.11-C
Temperature measuring devices-functionality (c)
Inspector notes: The walk in refrigerator does not have an internal thermometer; provide.
590.004/4-204.112-C
Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events (pf)
Inspector notes: No procedures were able to be produced during the inspection when the health inspector asked the person in charge to provide procedures for clean up of vomit and diarrhea event; provide procedures to clean up a vomit and diarrhea event.
590.002/2-501.11-PF
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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