Paparino's Pizza

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2008
• address258 Dudley St, Roxbury 02119

Is Paparino's Pizza clean?

Paparino's Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 25, 2008. 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 Paparino's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 3 bay/provide institutional sanitizercritical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 3 bay/provide institutional sanitizer
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay/provide proper drain plugs (3)
  Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay/provide proper drain plugs (3)
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • provide thermometers to all reach in units
  Equipment Thermometers • provide thermometers to all reach in units
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • 3 bay/provide proper test kit
  Test Kit Provided • 3 bay/provide proper test kit
• ⚠️Hot Holding • meatballs 105 degrees/reheated to 165 degreescritical
  Hot Holding • meatballs 105 degrees/reheated to 165 degrees
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • provide metal stem cooks thermometer
  Food Thermometers Provided • provide metal stem cooks thermometer
• ⚠️Food Protection • do not store food items in open # 10 cans/provide food service grade containers storage area/remove all dented cans
  Food Protection • do not store food items in open # 10 cans/provide food service grade containers storage area/remove all dented cans
• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide hair restraints for all staff
  Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide hair restraints for all staff
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • resurface all worn white cutting boards
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • resurface all worn white cutting boards
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • hot line/repair door handle to top of unit remove all empty soda racks remove foil from all shelving remove/repair ice machine replace all broken freezee doors label food prep sink remove floor mixer from blocking exit door
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • hot line/repair door handle to top of unit remove all empty soda racks remove foil from all shelving remove/repair ice machine replace all broken freezee doors label food prep sink remove floor mixer from blocking exit door
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide toilet paper dispenser and liquid pump soap
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide toilet paper dispenser and liquid pump soap
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • restroom/provide self closing door
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • restroom/provide self closing door
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • clean grounds around grease barrel
  Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • clean grounds around grease barrel
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • rear room/remove rodent droppings from yellow wall ledge rear lower prep table/reomve evidence of rodent droppings
  Insects Rodents Animals • rear room/remove rodent droppings from yellow wall ledge rear lower prep table/reomve evidence of rodent droppings
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • storage room/clean floor area throughout room regrout floor as needed
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • storage room/clean floor area throughout room regrout floor as needed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • repair loose fitting ceiling tiles clean interior/exterior of hot line hood and filters repair ceiling/walls in storage room to be smooth easily cleanable rear room/repair yellow wall ledge restroom/clean door and dust from ceiling vent
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • repair loose fitting ceiling tiles clean interior/exterior of hot line hood and filters repair ceiling/walls in storage room to be smooth easily cleanable rear room/repair yellow wall ledge restroom/clean door and dust from ceiling vent
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • provide light shields at rear room
  Fixture's not properly shielded • provide light shields at rear room
• ⚠️Living/Sleeping Quaters/Laundry • storage room/provide proper storage of all employee clothing
  Living/Sleeping Quaters/Laundry • storage room/provide proper storage of all employee clothing

When was Paparino's Pizza last inspected?

Paparino's Pizza has 3 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2007.

Paparino's Pizza vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 25, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.