• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 16, 2012 →
• address1829 Centre St, West Roxbury 02132

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Is Espresso Pizza clean?

Espresso Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 16, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Espresso Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 16, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Improper Cleaning of Receptacles
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
• ⚠️PIC Knowledgecritical
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical
• ⚠️Consumer Advisoriescritical

Espresso Pizza inspection and administrative history

Espresso Pizza has 18 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Espresso Pizza vs West Roxbury

West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 197 tracked restaurants — 161 clean, 16 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 197 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 16, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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