Pomodoros Italian Kitchen

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMarch 20, 2014
• address239 Grove St, West Roxbury 02132

Is Pomodoros Italian Kitchen clean?

Pomodoros Italian Kitchen is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 20, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pomodoros Italian Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Butter and garlic stored out over night at 66F. PIC removed and will review with staff.critical
  Cold Holding • Butter and garlic stored out over night at 66F. PIC removed and will review with staff.
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw chicken stored above beef. Address and store properly. Left handouts.critical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw chicken stored above beef. Address and store properly. Left handouts.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards on cookline visibly soiled with deep dark stains. Replace.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards on cookline visibly soiled with deep dark stains. Replace.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Gasket on two door refrigerator ripped. Replace.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Gasket on two door refrigerator ripped. Replace.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Provide the proper test kit for sanitizer being used.
  Test Kit Provided • Provide the proper test kit for sanitizer being used.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean can open (blade) and large mixer and attachments of visible soils.
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean can open (blade) and large mixer and attachments of visible soils.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • General cleaning on refrigerators and freezers of dry food and frost build up. Shelves in kitchen area and back room visibly soiled. Clean to remove. General cleaning of the restroom. Top of pizza over and vent soiled with dust and dry food. Clean
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • General cleaning on refrigerators and freezers of dry food and frost build up. Shelves in kitchen area and back room visibly soiled. Clean to remove. General cleaning of the restroom. Top of pizza over and vent soiled with dust and dry food. Clean
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Repair leaking pipe at three bay sink.
  Installed and Maintained • Repair leaking pipe at three bay sink.
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand sink on cookline blocked with a freezer. Move to make sink accessible.critical
  Location Accessible • Hand sink on cookline blocked with a freezer. Move to make sink accessible.
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • Exterior of trash barrels in kitchen and prep area visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • Exterior of trash barrels in kitchen and prep area visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Loose trash and debris around dumpster. Clean to remove and monitor.
  Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Loose trash and debris around dumpster. Clean to remove and monitor.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Replace any broken tiles on cookline. Floor under cooking equipment preptables and backroom visible soiled. Clean to remove.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Replace any broken tiles on cookline. Floor under cooking equipment preptables and backroom visible soiled. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Walls on cookline behind cooking equipment and prep tables. Clean to rmove. Walls in back room walk in and warewashing area visibly soiled. Clean Hood on cook line visibly soiled with grease. Address Hood sticker expired Dec 2012. PIC called to have inspected and cleaned. Monitor.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Walls on cookline behind cooking equipment and prep tables. Clean to rmove. Walls in back room walk in and warewashing area visibly soiled. Clean Hood on cook line visibly soiled with grease. Address Hood sticker expired Dec 2012. PIC called to have inspected and cleaned. Monitor.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove any broken equipment or have repaired. Interior of broken equioment is building mold.
  Premises Maintained • Remove any broken equipment or have repaired. Interior of broken equioment is building mold.
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • 8-303.20- Non payment of 2014 Health Permit. Address PIC need to monitor storage of foods in refrigeration general cleaning and maintance of equipment. Review with staff of cold holding.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • 8-303.20- Non payment of 2014 Health Permit. Address PIC need to monitor storage of foods in refrigeration general cleaning and maintance of equipment. Review with staff of cold holding.

When was Pomodoros Italian Kitchen last inspected?

Pomodoros Italian Kitchen has 16 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pomodoros Italian Kitchen vs West Roxbury

West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, 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 20, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.