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Big Daddy's Pizza
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026
- address436 Western Av, Brighton 02135
Is Big Daddy's Pizza clean?
Big Daddy's Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 30, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Big Daddy's Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C) • Observed an employee handling food while chewing or eating food in back of house; food handlers must eat food in designated spaces and not eat or chew while handling food.Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C) • Observed an employee handling food while chewing or eating food in back of house; food handlers must eat food in designated spaces and not eat or chew while handling food.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed multiple food handlers in the back of house handling and preparing food with no effective hair restraints; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed multiple food handlers in the back of house handling and preparing food with no effective hair restraints; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • There is no posted Certified Food Protection Manager Certification or Allergen Awareness Certificate; provide.(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • There is no posted Certified Food Protection Manager Certification or Allergen Awareness Certificate; provide.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked pizzas held in front display for customers at 70F; hold TCS foods at 41F and below or 135F and above.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked pizzas held in front display for customers at 70F; hold TCS foods at 41F and below or 135F and above.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • The interiors of the deep fat fryer cabinets are heavily soiled with grease stains and food debris; the surfaces between equipment of the cook line are heavily soiled; clean and sanitize surfaces of grease and soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • The interiors of the deep fat fryer cabinets are heavily soiled with grease stains and food debris; the surfaces between equipment of the cook line are heavily soiled; clean and sanitize surfaces of grease and soils.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • There are small dark rodent droppings throughout the basement on ledges in the small vestibule where the french fry freezer is and on a piece of ceiling in the basement restroom. Clean and sanitize the basement of droppings. Provide the most recent pest control report to [email protected] and have your pest control operator perform a service prior to the reinspection; the pest control report must show no activity no captures and remedy any exclusionary work recommended by the pest control operator. The PIC indicates pest control performs a service twice a month but was unable to provide the most recent report during the inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • There are small dark rodent droppings throughout the basement on ledges in the small vestibule where the french fry freezer is and on a piece of ceiling in the basement restroom. Clean and sanitize the basement of droppings. Provide the most recent pest control report to [email protected] and have your pest control operator perform a service prior to the reinspection; the pest control report must show no activity no captures and remedy any exclusionary work recommended by the pest control operator. The PIC indicates pest control performs a service twice a month but was unable to provide the most recent report during the inspection.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The glass of the at the front door entrance is damaged; repair or replace the glass. There is a hole in the ceiling of the basement restroom; repair or replace the ceiling.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The glass of the at the front door entrance is damaged; repair or replace the glass. There is a hole in the ceiling of the basement restroom; repair or replace the ceiling.
- ⚠️The 2026 Health Permit renewal has not been paid. Provide signage visible to customers "A copy of the most recent health inspection report is available upon request".The 2026 Health Permit renewal has not been paid. Provide signage visible to customers "A copy of the most recent health inspection report is available upon request".
When was Big Daddy's Pizza last inspected?
Big Daddy's Pizza has 26 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | — | |
| February 3, 2026 | — | |
| January 30, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 6, 2025 | — | |
| July 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2025 | — | |
| February 18, 2025 | — | |
| February 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2025 | Pass |
Big Daddy's Pizza vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 January 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.