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Pu Pu Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2026
- address2060 Centre St, West Roxbury 02132
Is Pu Pu Restaurant clean?
Pu Pu Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pu Pu Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knives oboserved being stored in between preparation table and wall. Discontinue and store all utensils in a clean and protected manner.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knives oboserved being stored in between preparation table and wall. Discontinue and store all utensils in a clean and protected manner.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Garlic and oil mixture observed beingn left out at room temperature. Disconitnue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Garlic and oil mixture observed beingn left out at room temperature. Disconitnue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Storage shelves next to the cooking line visiblly soiled. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Storage shelves next to the cooking line visiblly soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor under and around the fryer/stove top with excess grease build-up. Clean to remove.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor under and around the fryer/stove top with excess grease build-up. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide soap and paper towels for all hand sinks.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide soap and paper towels for all hand sinks.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all unecessary boxes and debris from the basemnt storage area to ensure pest control and do their job efficiently.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all unecessary boxes and debris from the basemnt storage area to ensure pest control and do their job efficiently.
- ⚠️Violation being issued for the non-payment of the 2026 Health Permit. Ownership shall pay all necessary fees for the 2026 Health permit.Violation being issued for the non-payment of the 2026 Health Permit. Ownership shall pay all necessary fees for the 2026 Health permit.
When was Pu Pu Restaurant last inspected?
Pu Pu Restaurant has 42 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 7, 2024 | — | |
| July 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2024 | Fail |
Pu Pu Restaurant 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 14% 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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.