Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
• address423 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

Is Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979 clean?

Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979 is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Retail shelving/observed dust/soils on food items/clean to remove dust/soils Nestle chest freezer observed with excess frost buil-up. Defrost and clean to remove
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Retail shelving/observed dust/soils on food items/clean to remove dust/soils Nestle chest freezer observed with excess frost buil-up. Defrost and clean to remove
• ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Bags of Week Market Prezel Mix with a past expiration date from Dec 12 2025 and Dec 22 25. Address and ensure all foods are being checked prior to and while out on the sales floor for expiration date.. Romoved By PIC
  Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Bags of Week Market Prezel Mix with a past expiration date from Dec 12 2025 and Dec 22 25. Address and ensure all foods are being checked prior to and while out on the sales floor for expiration date.. Romoved By PIC
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed boxes on the floor . Remove and elevate all dry goods 6 inch of the ground.Remove all empty boxes Retail store area/storage rooms/upper and lower/observed debris under and around all shelving/clean to remove
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed boxes on the floor . Remove and elevate all dry goods 6 inch of the ground.Remove all empty boxes Retail store area/storage rooms/upper and lower/observed debris under and around all shelving/clean to remove
• ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • A non service animal (dog) was observed inside the retail store. Animals are not permitted in food establishment unless they are service animals.
  Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • A non service animal (dog) was observed inside the retail store. Animals are not permitted in food establishment unless they are service animals.
• ⚠️Post 2026 Health Permit
  Post 2026 Health Permit

When was Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979 last inspected?

Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979 has 59 inspections on record going back to June 3, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cvs/Pharmacy No. 979 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 8% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.