• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 9, 2014 →
• address32 Bromfield, Boston 02108

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Is Pizzeria Rico clean?

Pizzeria Rico is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 9, 2014. 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 Pizzeria Rico?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 9, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings

Pizzeria Rico inspection and administrative history

Pizzeria Rico has 30 inspections on record going back to November 13, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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 October 9, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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