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Target Pizza
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 12, 2026
- address5200 Washington St, West Roxbury 02132
Is Target Pizza clean?
Target Pizza is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Target Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No one on site with a current Food Allergen Certification. Provide.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No one on site with a current Food Allergen Certification. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Several squeeze bottles filled with dressings/sauces have no labels. Provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Several squeeze bottles filled with dressings/sauces have no labels. Provide.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of fruit fly activity noted in the main kitchen area. Address and provide an additional pest control report for the re-inspection.Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of fruit fly activity noted in the main kitchen area. Address and provide an additional pest control report for the re-inspection.
When was Target Pizza last inspected?
Target Pizza has 33 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | — | |
| January 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2025 | — | |
| September 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — |
Target Pizza 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 10% 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 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.