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The Upper Crust
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 30, 2025
- address683 Tremont St, Roxbury 02118
Is The Upper Crust clean?
The Upper Crust is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Upper Crust?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Items observed stored on the walkin floor.Elevate all food storage at least 6 inches off the floor.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Items observed stored on the walkin floor.Elevate all food storage at least 6 inches off the floor.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped items in the walkin missing datemarkings.Provide datemarkings on all prepped items held 41F over 24 hours.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped items in the walkin missing datemarkings.Provide datemarkings on all prepped items held 41F over 24 hours.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide a working internal thermometer in the walkin unit.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide a working internal thermometer in the walkin unit.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the counter under the soda machine to remove soils.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the counter under the soda machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was evidence of mouse activity(droppings) observed around the water heaters.Provide a full pest report upon re-inspectionControlling Pests (Pf) • There was evidence of mouse activity(droppings) observed around the water heaters.Provide a full pest report upon re-inspection
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor under/around the fryer unit to remove grease buildup. Clean the floor behind the basement water heater to remove evidence of mouse activity(droppings)Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor under/around the fryer unit to remove grease buildup. Clean the floor behind the basement water heater to remove evidence of mouse activity(droppings)
When was The Upper Crust last inspected?
The Upper Crust has 67 inspections on record going back to March 20, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2024 | — | |
| July 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2024 | — | |
| January 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| August 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | Fail |
The Upper Crust vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 September 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.