The Red-Eyed Pig is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 4, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Red-Eyed Pig?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Cold Holding • beans 49 degrees pulled pork 71 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or belowcritical
Cold Holding • beans 49 degrees pulled pork 71 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • basement/properly defrost all frozen foods under refrigeration or running water
PHF's Properly Thawed • basement/properly defrost all frozen foods under refrigeration or running water
⚠️Equipment Thermometers • basement/provide thermometers to all reach in units to measure 41 degrees or below 2 door reach in/provide internal thermometer
Equipment Thermometers • basement/provide thermometers to all reach in units to measure 41 degrees or below 2 door reach in/provide internal thermometer
⚠️Test Kit Provided • provide quat test kit
Test Kit Provided • provide quat test kit
⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ice machine/clean interior white tray
Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ice machine/clean interior white tray
⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils • remove all utensils from stagnate water
Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils • remove all utensils from stagnate water
Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide covered waste receptacle
⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • basement/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area under grated shelving
Insects Rodents Animals • basement/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area under grated shelving
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • basement/resurface worn floor hot line/clean floor area under all cooking equipment • repair loose worn steps to basement
Improper Maintenance of Floors • basement/resurface worn floor hot line/clean floor area under all cooking equipment • repair loose worn steps to basement
⚠️Premises Maintained • basement/remove all milk crates/provide adequate shelving
Premises Maintained • basement/remove all milk crates/provide adequate shelving
When was The Red-Eyed Pig last inspected?
The Red-Eyed Pig has 10 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2011.
date
result
score
June 13, 2022
—
March 15, 2022
—
December 30, 2013
—
October 4, 2013
Pass
September 19, 2013
Fail
December 30, 2012
—
September 10, 2012
Pass
August 30, 2012
Fail
December 27, 2011
Pass
December 8, 2011
Fail
The Red-Eyed Pig 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.
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 October 4, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.