Broadway's Best Pizza

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 15, 2017
• address321 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

Is Broadway's Best Pizza clean?

Broadway's Best Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 15, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Broadway's Best Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • Not on site - provide a working food thermometer
  Food Thermometers Provided • Not on site - provide a working food thermometer
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Thawing out raw beef in stagnant water - discontinue practices and thaw as discussed
  PHF's Properly Thawed • Thawing out raw beef in stagnant water - discontinue practices and thaw as discussed
• ⚠️Food Protection • Some foods in the basemnt not being stored elevated off the floor -keep off the floor at least sixinches duringi storage
  Food Protection • Some foods in the basemnt not being stored elevated off the floor -keep off the floor at least sixinches duringi storage
• ⚠️Prevention of Contamination from Hands • Staff using bare hands to assemble a ready to eat chicken / salad. -discarded during interview -remade using gloved hands after being washedcritical
  Prevention of Contamination from Hands • Staff using bare hands to assemble a ready to eat chicken / salad. -discarded during interview -remade using gloved hands after being washed
• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Prep cook without proper hair restrain -corrected
  Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Prep cook without proper hair restrain -corrected
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • White cutting board at the salad station has deep lacerations that appear uncleanable. - Replace
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • White cutting board at the salad station has deep lacerations that appear uncleanable. - Replace
• ⚠️Three Compartment Sink • missing plugs at the three bay sink -replace.
  Three Compartment Sink • missing plugs at the three bay sink -replace.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Chlorine test strips are old and have been compromised Replace
  Test Kit Provided • Chlorine test strips are old and have been compromised Replace
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up wiping cloths with sanitizer as discussed. discaeded in use rags scattered throughout the facility
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up wiping cloths with sanitizer as discussed. discaeded in use rags scattered throughout the facility
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside / outside of all cooking equipment and refrigeration unit - clean microwave-exterior of all bulk food containers - shelving in the food storage areas from all visible food spills stains and soils
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside / outside of all cooking equipment and refrigeration unit - clean microwave-exterior of all bulk food containers - shelving in the food storage areas from all visible food spills stains and soils
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean under all pieces of cooking equipment and rear of the facility from all visible soils
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean under all pieces of cooking equipment and rear of the facility from all visible soils
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Replace missing vent in the hood where needed
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Replace missing vent in the hood where needed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls behind the cooking line from all visible soils
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls behind the cooking line from all visible soils
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • PIC not overseeing the day to day operations. train staff on new illness policycritical
  PIC Performing Duties • PIC not overseeing the day to day operations. train staff on new illness policy

When was Broadway's Best Pizza last inspected?

Broadway's Best Pizza has 33 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Broadway's Best Pizza vs South Boston Waterfront

South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 March 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.