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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Last inspected May 26, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 12, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Controlling pests, cited 4 times, plus 35 other repeat issues.
- #8 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 6 of 15 graded inspections since 2023.
- 35 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 15 visits
- 2026
- Passed May 26
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed May 12
Inspection
3 violations
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Service sink
- Minor Backflow prevention device location
- Failed May 6
Inspection
31 violations, 15 critical
- Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
- Critical Demonstration
- Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Backflow prevention
- Critical Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Ventilation hood systems drip prevention
- Minor Outer openings protected
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Preset tableware
- Minor Temperature measuring devices-functionality
- Minor Handwashing signage
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- Minor Service sink
- Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
- Minor Drying mops
- L1
- Failed May 5
Inspection
32 violations, 16 critical
- Critical Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability
- Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
- Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
- Critical Demonstration
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
- Critical Backflow prevention
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Handwashing sinks installation
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- Minor Service sink
- Minor Ventilation hood systems drip prevention
- Minor Drying mops
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Handwashing signage
- Minor Temperature measuring devices-functionality
- Minor Preset tableware
- Minor Outer openings protected
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- L1
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Pagliuca's, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.