J. Pace & Son Uptown

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 21, 2026
• address225 Northern Av, Boston 02210

Is J. Pace & Son Uptown clean?

J. Pace & Son Uptown is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at J. Pace & Son Uptown?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cold hold of Packaged ground beef and chicken in open air cooler @ 50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or belowcritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cold hold of Packaged ground beef and chicken in open air cooler @ 50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Hot hold of Rice and Chicken parm in hot box @ 109-114f ensure proper hot hold of 135f or abovecritical
  (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Hot hold of Rice and Chicken parm in hot box @ 109-114f ensure proper hot hold of 135f or above
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters @ main cooking line with carbon build up clean to remove
  Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters @ main cooking line with carbon build up clean to remove

When was J. Pace & Son Uptown last inspected?

J. Pace & Son Uptown has 51 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

J. Pace & Son Uptown vs South Boston Waterfront

South Boston Waterfront runs 91% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 14 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 July 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.