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Presto Pizza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 28, 2012
- address1936 Beacon St, Brighton 02135
Is Presto Pizza clean?
Presto Pizza is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 28, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Presto Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Plastic containers of chicken and other products stored on ground of walk-in freezer. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.Food Protection • Plastic containers of chicken and other products stored on ground of walk-in freezer. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Clean knives at 6 top burner being stored on a visibly soiled shelf. Discontinue and store all knives clean and protected.Food Utensil Storage • Clean knives at 6 top burner being stored on a visibly soiled shelf. Discontinue and store all knives clean and protected.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • Evidence of employees smoking in kitchen area. Discontinue all smoking in kitchen area and provide a designated area.criticalGood Hygienic Practices • Evidence of employees smoking in kitchen area. Discontinue all smoking in kitchen area and provide a designated area.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Door handle of walk-in freezer broken. Replace.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Door handle of walk-in freezer broken. Replace.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • At time of inspection test kits on site appeared to be old and damaged. Replace and ensure proper usage and with the appropriate frequency.Test Kit Provided • At time of inspection test kits on site appeared to be old and damaged. Replace and ensure proper usage and with the appropriate frequency.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Cutting board being stored by meat slicer heavily scoared and soiled. Clean to remove resurface or replace.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Cutting board being stored by meat slicer heavily scoared and soiled. Clean to remove resurface or replace.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Racks of walk-in cooler visibly soiled and with what appears to be rust. Clean to remove and resurface or replace. Interior and exterior of small 2 door cooler near 6 top burner visibly soiled and with cacked on foods. Clean to remove.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Racks of walk-in cooler visibly soiled and with what appears to be rust. Clean to remove and resurface or replace. Interior and exterior of small 2 door cooler near 6 top burner visibly soiled and with cacked on foods. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow • Hose connected directly to hand sink faucet with no evidence of a backflow preventor. Provide or discontinue connecting to hand sink.Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow • Hose connected directly to hand sink faucet with no evidence of a backflow preventor. Provide or discontinue connecting to hand sink.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor in kitchen area and under dry storage racks with what appears to be rodent droppings. Clean to remove.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor in kitchen area and under dry storage racks with what appears to be rodent droppings. Clean to remove.
When was Presto Pizza last inspected?
Presto Pizza has 11 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| March 28, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2011 | — | |
| November 22, 2010 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2009 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2008 | — | |
| December 7, 2007 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2007 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2007 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2007 | Fail |
Presto Pizza 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 March 28, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.