Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue
Last inspected: Dec 9, 2025
95
Score
Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue, located at 1703 Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX, underwent a low-risk inspection on December 9, 2025, with a score of 95. This inspection identified one minor violation concerning hot holding temperatures for time/temperature controlled for safety (TCS) food. Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue has a history of mostly low-risk inspections over its four recorded evaluations.
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Inspection History
Dec 9, 2025
Routine Inspection (001)
1 minor violation. 1 corrected on site.
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Hot storage. time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) food in hot storage not being held at 135°f (57°c) or above.
(corrected on site)
20-21.03(c)(02)
95
May 6, 2025
Routine Inspection (001)
2 minor violations.
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Specialized processing methods--variance requirement. a food establishment shall obtain a variance from the department as specified in section 20-19(e)(01) of this code before smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement / curing food / using food additives or adding components such as vinegar as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement or to render a food so that it is not potentially hazardous / packaging time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) food using a reduced oxygen packaging method except where the growth of and toxin formation of clostridium botulinum and the growth of listeria monocytogenes in addition to are controlled as specified in item (02) of this subsection / operating a molluscan shellfish life-support system display tank used to store and display shellfish that are offered for human consumption / custom processing animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in a food establishment; such as indigenous deer processing / preparing food by another method that is determined by the regulatory authority to require a variance / sprouting seeds or beans, such as wheat grass and alfalfa sprouts in a retail food establishment.
20-21.04(l)(01)
Materials; general. all equipment and utensils not maintained in good repair.
20-21.10(a)
90
Nov 1, 2024
Routine Inspection (001)
1 minor violation.
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Containers. in containers designed with drains, drain plugs not in place at all times, except during cleaning.
20-21.20(a)(03)
95
May 14, 2024
Routine
2 minor violations. 1 corrected on site.
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Single-service articles. single-service and single-use articles used more than once.
(corrected on site)
20-21.14(c)(04)
Toilet room. toilet room not provided with tight-fitting / self-closing / solid doors, which shall be closed except during cleaning or maintenance except that this requirement does not apply to a toilet room that is located outside a food establishment and does not open directly into the food establishment such as a toilet room that is provided by the management of a shopping mall or stadium-type facilities.
20-21.18(c)
90
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