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Backwoods Pizza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2026
- address539 Dudley St, Roxbury 02119
Is Backwoods Pizza clean?
Backwoods Pizza is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Backwoods Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Ensure all food handlers are wearing proper hair restraints while working with foodsEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Ensure all food handlers are wearing proper hair restraints while working with foods
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Post current food safety certificate on site as we discussed(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Post current food safety certificate on site as we discussed
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Clean the vents in the hood above the char grille from heavy grease and grimeVentilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Clean the vents in the hood above the char grille from heavy grease and grime
When was Backwoods Pizza last inspected?
Backwoods Pizza has 31 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2024 | Fail |
Backwoods Pizza vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 April 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.