• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 8, 2018 →
• address522 River St, Mattapan 02126

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Is Papa John Pizza clean?

Papa John Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 8, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Papa John Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 8, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Dressing Rooms Clean/Lockers Provided
• ⚠️Premises Maintained

Papa John Pizza inspection and administrative history

Papa John Pizza has 13 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 8 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Papa John Pizza vs Mattapan

Mattapan runs 78% clean across 294 tracked restaurants — 214 clean, 36 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 294 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

Other spots in Mattapan

• ✓ Morton Wine & Liquor
  clean · January 6, 2026
• ✓ Lower Mills Tavern
  clean · October 2, 2026
• ✕ Domino's Pizza
  mid · August 6, 2026
• ✓ Plop Plop Market
  clean · February 19, 2016
• ✓ Lani's Pizza
  clean · September 15, 2026
• ✕ Blue Smoke Restaurant
  mid · July 27, 2017

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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 February 8, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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