The Upper Crust

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings12
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ⚠️uspension of Permit with Notice (P)critical
  Inspector note: Opertating without a permit. Pay ASAP at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue 4th floor health division. Issued next day notice of closure.
  code 590.014(B)/SummaryS-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
  Inspector note: Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control.
  code 590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
  Inspector note: Multiple foods in coolers not date marked. Provide.
  code 590.003/3-501.17-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Time as a Public Health Control ( Pf)
  Inspector note: Offering pizza using TPHC provide procedures or hot hold at above 135F. COS
  code 590.003(D)/3-501.19-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
  Inspector note: Cookline handsink obstructed by pizza box. Maintain free access. COS.
  code 590.005/5-205.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
  Inspector note: Observed serveral flies in dining area and basment. Provide updated IPM pest control report.
  code 590.006/6-501.111-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
  Inspector note: Glass mirror stored near ice machine in basement. REMOVE.
  code 590.003/3-305.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
  Inspector note: Broken gaskets at cookline reach in coolers. Replace. Units holding at below 41F.
  code 590.004/4-501.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Cookline floors with crumbs and food soils. Inside refrigerator doors with food debri. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Hole observed on floor in basment prep room. Repair. Floors in basement with worn paint and exposed concrete. Seal.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
  Inspector note: Propane tanks stored in alleway. Remove. Store properly.
  code 590.006/6-501.114-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️flagged at inspection
  Inspector note: No allergen statement on menu. Provide
  code L1status: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 31, 2020: 12 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Beacon Hill

• ✓ Hissho Sushi @ Suffolk Univ.
  clean · 20 Somerset St · inspected February 25, 2021
• ✓ Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro
  clean · 25 Charles St · inspected February 22, 2019
• ✓ Florina Restaurant
  clean · 16 Derne St · inspected March 16, 2026
• ✓ Somerset Club
  clean · 42 Beacon St · inspected August 7, 2025
• ✓ Hampshire House Butcher Block
  clean · 84 Beacon St · inspected July 24, 2026
• ✓ Fill A Buster
  clean · 130 Bowdoin St · inspected March 16, 2026

See every restaurant in Beacon Hill →

About this record

This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Analyze Boston.