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Union Park Pizza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 1, 2026
- address244 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Union Park Pizza clean?
Union Park Pizza is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Union Park Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • There is no prep sink at the establishment; per a discussion with the employees produce is washed in a raised colander in the middle compartment of the three compartment sink. Have a licensed plumber evaluate installing a dedicated prep sink on the premise and send the quote to [email protected]Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • There is no prep sink at the establishment; per a discussion with the employees produce is washed in a raised colander in the middle compartment of the three compartment sink. Have a licensed plumber evaluate installing a dedicated prep sink on the premise and send the quote to [email protected]
When was Union Park Pizza last inspected?
Union Park Pizza has 11 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2022 | Pass |
Union Park Pizza vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, 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 April 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.