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Pavement
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026
- address415 Western Av, Brighton 02135
Is Pavement clean?
Pavement is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pavement?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Next to the espresso machine non-dairy milks left outside of refrigeration at 55F and 60F had been taken out of active refrigeration since at or around 11:30am. The person in charge moved the non-dairy milks into active refrigeration. TCS foods must be kept at 41F or below.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Next to the espresso machine non-dairy milks left outside of refrigeration at 55F and 60F had been taken out of active refrigeration since at or around 11:30am. The person in charge moved the non-dairy milks into active refrigeration. TCS foods must be kept at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Observed red onions pickled for flavor per the PIC in the double door refrigerator with a discard date of 1-29-2026 exceeding the seven day maximum holding allowed; opened or prepared TCS foods must be discarded within seven days of opening or preparing.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Observed red onions pickled for flavor per the PIC in the double door refrigerator with a discard date of 1-29-2026 exceeding the seven day maximum holding allowed; opened or prepared TCS foods must be discarded within seven days of opening or preparing.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed dumped ice in a hand washing sink; staff indicated they had dumped the ice in the sink; the Health Inspector instructed the staff to clean and sanitize the hand sink and to use the three compartment sink's middle sink in the future. Hand sinks must be used only for hand washing and nothing else.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed dumped ice in a hand washing sink; staff indicated they had dumped the ice in the sink; the Health Inspector instructed the staff to clean and sanitize the hand sink and to use the three compartment sink's middle sink in the future. Hand sinks must be used only for hand washing and nothing else.
- ⚠️Outside Receptacles (C) • The outside recycling container is missing its top lid and the right plastic door is damaged; repair or replace the missing lids and doors for the outside recycling container.Outside Receptacles (C) • The outside recycling container is missing its top lid and the right plastic door is damaged; repair or replace the missing lids and doors for the outside recycling container.
When was Pavement last inspected?
Pavement has 25 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2025 | — | |
| February 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 26, 2024 | — | |
| March 20, 2024 | — | |
| October 24, 2023 | — | |
| January 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 16, 2022 | Pass |
Pavement vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.