Papagayo

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 2, 2017 →
• address281 Summer St, Boston 02210

Is Papagayo clean?

Papagayo is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 2, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Papagayo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Container Labels
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Location Accessiblecritical
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Dressing Rooms Clean/Lockers Provided
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
• ⚠️Soiled Linen Storage
• ⚠️Proper storage of clean linen

Papagayo inspection and administrative history

Papagayo has 18 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Papagayo vs Leather District

Leather District runs 88% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 8 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, 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 August 2, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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