Panza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 30, 2024
• address326 Hanover St, Boston 02113

Is Panza clean?

Panza is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 30, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Panza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Ensure all food handlers are wearing proper hair restraints when working with foods
  Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Ensure all food handlers are wearing proper hair restraints when working with foods
• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No one on site with a current food safety certificate - address and provide as we discussed
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No one on site with a current food safety certificate - address and provide as we discussed
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Set up accordingly
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Set up accordingly
• ⚠️Wood Use Limitation (C) • Remove the visibly compromised wooden pizza spatula withy cracks on the ends covered in blackened charrs
  Wood Use Limitation (C) • Remove the visibly compromised wooden pizza spatula withy cracks on the ends covered in blackened charrs
• ⚠️Equipment and Utensils-Durability and Strength (C) • Replace the wooden spatula used to place pizza in ovens
  Equipment and Utensils-Durability and Strength (C) • Replace the wooden spatula used to place pizza in ovens
• ⚠️Designated Areas-Employee Accommodations for eating / drinking/smoking (C) • Designate an area inside the restaurant where all employees can gather to rest- eat lunch - take btreaks away from the food service areas of the kitchen
  Designated Areas-Employee Accommodations for eating / drinking/smoking (C) • Designate an area inside the restaurant where all employees can gather to rest- eat lunch - take btreaks away from the food service areas of the kitchen

When was Panza last inspected?

Panza has 43 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Panza vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

Other spots in North End

• ✓ Filippo's
  clean · March 31, 2026
• ✓ Reelhouse Restaurant
  clean · June 22, 2026
• ✓ Billy Tse Restaurant
  clean · October 26, 2021
• ✕ Parla
  cooked · July 22, 2026
• ✓ Antico Forno
  clean · April 23, 2026
• ✓ Golden Bowl
  clean · August 24, 2009

See every restaurant inspection in North End →

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 April 30, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.