Christo's Pizzeria is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 6, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Christo's Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • restroom/provide self closing door
Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • restroom/provide self closing door
⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • bulk food bins/provide scoop with handle for all bulk food bins
In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • bulk food bins/provide scoop with handle for all bulk food bins
⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • properly date mark all ready to eat foods held over 24 hours
Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • properly date mark all ready to eat foods held over 24 hours
⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • walk in and front 2 door reach in/provide accurate internal thermometers to register 41 degrees or below
Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • walk in and front 2 door reach in/provide accurate internal thermometers to register 41 degrees or below
⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean all storage shelving clean dust from menu boards and all hanging signage clean restroom clean shelving in basement
Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean all storage shelving clean dust from menu boards and all hanging signage clean restroom clean shelving in basement
⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • 3 bay sink/provide 3 functioning drain plugs
System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • 3 bay sink/provide 3 functioning drain plugs
⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • clean floor area under and around all equipment clean basement steps clean floor area behind all reach ins in basement
Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • clean floor area under and around all equipment clean basement steps clean floor area behind all reach ins in basement
⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • rear of store/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area behind floor mixer remove evidence of fruit flies from rear of store
Controlling Pests (Pf) • rear of store/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area behind floor mixer remove evidence of fruit flies from rear of store
⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • repair screen to rear door/repair door to close properly resurface worn shelving at rear of store resurface/seal all bare wood shelving in basement resurface bare wood steps going to basement
Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • repair screen to rear door/repair door to close properly resurface worn shelving at rear of store resurface/seal all bare wood shelving in basement resurface bare wood steps going to basement
When was Christo's Pizzeria last inspected?
Christo's Pizzeria has 12 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2018.
date
result
score
March 15, 2022
—
July 14, 2020
—
July 6, 2020
Fail
March 2, 2020
—
February 10, 2020
Fail
September 27, 2019
—
September 20, 2019
Fail
April 25, 2019
Pass
April 19, 2019
Fail
October 9, 2018
Pass
October 1, 2018
Fail
April 30, 2018
Pass
Christo's Pizzeria vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 July 6, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.