Taiwan Cafe

34 Oxford St, Boston, MA 02111

Passed re-check · Apr 17, 2026 Directions
59
Poor BiteKarma score 59 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 Apr 17, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Apr 9, 2026.
  • Keeps coming up: Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation, cited 2 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 5 of 11 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 7 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Apr 17

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Apr 9

    Inspection

    11 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Minor Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • Minor Cleaning floors dustless methods
    • Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • L1
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Aug 4

    Reinspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Jul 28

    Inspection

    5 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
    • Minor Outer openings protected

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