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Papa Gino's
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
- address1270 River St, Hyde Park 02136
Is Papa Gino's clean?
Papa Gino's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Papa Gino's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Provide CFPM certificate and allergen certificate. Both certificates need to be posted on the wall.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Provide CFPM certificate and allergen certificate. Both certificates need to be posted on the wall.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed soiled kitchen equipment on the interior and exterior. Clean and sanitize refrigeration units hot holding case for the pizza the Ben & Jerry's refrigerator the fryolator and the flip tops. Clean the interior and exterior of the front windows door and the sneeze guard in front of the pizza area. All the glass in the establishment.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed soiled kitchen equipment on the interior and exterior. Clean and sanitize refrigeration units hot holding case for the pizza the Ben & Jerry's refrigerator the fryolator and the flip tops. Clean the interior and exterior of the front windows door and the sneeze guard in front of the pizza area. All the glass in the establishment.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Observed a leaky pipe in the ceilng at the bottom of the stairs. Contact licensed plumber to repair the leak. Provide invoice. GM was able to provide me with a work order. Company is due to come in today or tomorrow to repair leak.criticalSystem Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Observed a leaky pipe in the ceilng at the bottom of the stairs. Contact licensed plumber to repair the leak. Provide invoice. GM was able to provide me with a work order. Company is due to come in today or tomorrow to repair leak.
- ⚠️Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • Observed grease ontop of the grease container outside. Clean the top of the grease container and the grounds around the grease container. Remove trash and grease.Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • Observed grease ontop of the grease container outside. Clean the top of the grease container and the grounds around the grease container. Remove trash and grease.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed soiled walls behind the 3 bay sink. Clean and sanitize the walls in the kitchen area to remove the soil. Observed soiled/grease on the floor and a broken floor tile next to the fryolator. Repair tile and degrease the floor. Observed food debris inside the stand up freezer next to the fryolators. Defrost and clean the inside of the freezer. Observed debris on the ground under where the leak is in the basement. Clean to remove debris.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed soiled walls behind the 3 bay sink. Clean and sanitize the walls in the kitchen area to remove the soil. Observed soiled/grease on the floor and a broken floor tile next to the fryolator. Repair tile and degrease the floor. Observed food debris inside the stand up freezer next to the fryolators. Defrost and clean the inside of the freezer. Observed debris on the ground under where the leak is in the basement. Clean to remove debris.
When was Papa Gino's last inspected?
Papa Gino's has 36 inspections on record going back to December 31, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2025 | — | |
| September 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 26, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2024 | Fail |
Papa Gino's vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 77% clean across 181 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 20 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 181 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 September 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.