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Universal Pizza & Shawara
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 22, 2020
- address1443 Commonwealth Av, Brighton 02135
Is Universal Pizza & Shawara clean?
Universal Pizza & Shawara is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 22, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Universal Pizza & Shawara?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 22, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • keep all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when not in use.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • keep all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when not in use.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • provide date marking for all rready to eat foods in the walk in coolerReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • provide date marking for all rready to eat foods in the walk in cooler
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • remove tin foil from shelves above the basement stairs.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • remove tin foil from shelves above the basement stairs.
- ⚠️Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • clean grounds around trash srorage containers outside at the trash storage container. Keep area organized ad free of debris on grounds.Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • clean grounds around trash srorage containers outside at the trash storage container. Keep area organized ad free of debris on grounds.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • provide better storage of employees shoes and personal belonging. Remove pillow and couch cusions fro the basement area.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • provide better storage of employees shoes and personal belonging. Remove pillow and couch cusions fro the basement area.
When was Universal Pizza & Shawara last inspected?
Universal Pizza & Shawara has 5 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| April 7, 2021 | — | |
| December 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 14, 2020 | Pass |
Universal Pizza & Shawara vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 December 22, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.