Chacho's Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 1, 2025. 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 Chacho's Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to provide active managerial control and train staff on violation noted.
(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to provide active managerial control and train staff on violation noted.
⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shelled eggs observed stored above RTE sauce (mayo/ ranch). Discontinue / corrrected on site by PICcritical
Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shelled eggs observed stored above RTE sauce (mayo/ ranch). Discontinue / corrrected on site by PIC
⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood vent and attachments downstairs observed heavily soiled. Clean to removed
Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood vent and attachments downstairs observed heavily soiled. Clean to removed
⚠️Warewashing Equipment Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration (Pf) • PIC unable to provide accurate sanitizer test strip (chlorine test strips). Inspector sticker was used .
Warewashing Equipment Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration (Pf) • PIC unable to provide accurate sanitizer test strip (chlorine test strips). Inspector sticker was used .
⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Food prep sink observed without proper air gap.Install food prep sink with proper airgap or provide a plumbers report variance request and procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided.critical
Backflow Prevention (P) • Food prep sink observed without proper air gap.Install food prep sink with proper airgap or provide a plumbers report variance request and procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided.
⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Warewashing and prepsink hansink observed without soap. Provide . (corrected on site)
Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Warewashing and prepsink hansink observed without soap. Provide . (corrected on site)
⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Both hood sticker (upstairs/ downstairs) observed expired 4.4.25. Provide updated hood sticker from a licensed hood cleaning company
Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Both hood sticker (upstairs/ downstairs) observed expired 4.4.25. Provide updated hood sticker from a licensed hood cleaning company
When was Chacho's Pizza last inspected?
Chacho's Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2025.
date
result
score
December 19, 2025
—
December 1, 2025
Fail
November 12, 2025
Fail
May 28, 2025
Pass
Chacho's Pizza vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.
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 December 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.