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Pizza 21
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 25, 2009
- address547 Washington St, Brighton 02135
Is Pizza 21 clean?
Pizza 21 is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 25, 2009. 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 Pizza 21?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • provide scoop with handle for all bulk food binsFood Utensil Storage • provide scoop with handle for all bulk food bins
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • replace worn door gaskets to 3 door reach inNon-Food Contact Surfaces • replace worn door gaskets to 3 door reach in
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay/provide proper drain plugs (3)Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay/provide proper drain plugs (3)
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • walk in/provide accurate internal thermometerEquipment Thermometers • walk in/provide accurate internal thermometer
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean can opener and blade clean red pot and pan shelving clean metal stem cooks thermometerFood Contact Surfaces Clean • clean can opener and blade clean red pot and pan shelving clean metal stem cooks thermometer
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all white shelving clean interior/exterior of 3 door reach inNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all white shelving clean interior/exterior of 3 door reach in
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • provide proper drainage of walk in not into 3 bay sinkInstalled and Maintained • provide proper drainage of walk in not into 3 bay sink
- ⚠️Location Accessible • remove hose from handsinkcriticalLocation Accessible • remove hose from handsink
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide covered waste receptacle restroom/provide paper towels in dispenser all handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser all handsinks/provide employee must wash hands signageHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide covered waste receptacle restroom/provide paper towels in dispenser all handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser all handsinks/provide employee must wash hands signage
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • walk in/resurface worn floorImproper Maintenance of Floors • walk in/resurface worn floor
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • clean all light switches clean/resurface wall around floor mixer remove mold from wall behind 3 bay sinkImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • clean all light switches clean/resurface wall around floor mixer remove mold from wall behind 3 bay sink
When was Pizza 21 last inspected?
Pizza 21 has 3 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2009.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 9, 2009 | — | |
| September 25, 2009 | Fail |
Pizza 21 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 4% 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 25, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.