Papa John's Pizza

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2025 →
• address1979 Jerome Avenue, Bronx 10453
• cuisinePizza
• phone7182957272

Is Papa John's Pizza clean?

Papa John's Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Papa John's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• ⚠️Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.

When was Papa John's Pizza last inspected?

Papa John's Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to April 18, 2023, averaging 9 points.

Papa John's Pizza vs University Heights-Morris Heights

University Heights-Morris Heights runs 75% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 43 clean, 4 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in University Heights-Morris Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 51% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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