Kala Thai Cookery

120 Blackstone St, Boston, MA 02108

Passed re-check · Jan 30, 2026 Directions
57
Poor BiteKarma score 57 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Jan 30, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jan 16, 2026.
  • Keeps coming up: Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens, cited 4 times, plus 16 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 5 of 14 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 16 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 14 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jan 30

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Jan 16

    Inspection

    1 violation, 1 critical
    • Critical Backflow prevention
  4. Failed Jan 8

    Inspection

    14 violations, 7 critical
    • Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Food labels
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Mechanical-ventilation
    • Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • Minor Characteristics-materials for construction and repair
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
  5. 2025
  6. Passed Oct 30

    Reinspection

    No violations

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