Agees Pizzeria & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 22, 2014
• address1118 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640

Is Agees Pizzeria & Grill clean?

Agees Pizzeria & Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 22, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Agees Pizzeria & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO STEAM OR NOR COOLER THERMOMETERS PROVIDED ON PREMISES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE,TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO STEAM OR NOR COOLER THERMOMETERS PROVIDED ON PREMISES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE,TO BE ABLE TO CHECK FOOD TEMPERATURE
• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 9-15-14,REPORT #1482385 #16- FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE.FOUND TWO WHITE CHEST FREEZER IN POOR REPAIR FOUND INSIDE LINER WITH CARDBOARD AND DUCT TAPE AND RUSTY. ONE CHEST FREEZER CARDBOARD HAS HOLES,INSULATION COMING OUT FROM HOLES,THE OTHER CHEST FREEZER HALF OF THE CARDBOARD IS MISSING, EXPOSED INSULATION WHICH A LOT OF INSULATION IS STUCK ON ICE.BOTH UNITS HAS BUILD-UP OF ICE, SOME OF THE FOOD IS BURIED IN ICE.THE OTHER ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER IS FILLED WITH ICE AND FOOD,INCLUDED A WHOLE WATER MELON,PACK OF GUM, HOT DOGS,ETC.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND FOOD.MUST REPLACE CARDBOARD AND TAPE AND PROVIDE A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-42-090critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 9-15-14,REPORT #1482385 #16- FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE.FOUND TWO WHITE CHEST FREEZER IN POOR REPAIR FOUND INSIDE LINER WITH CARDBOARD AND DUCT TAPE AND RUSTY. ONE CHEST FREEZER CARDBOARD HAS HOLES,INSULATION COMING OUT FROM HOLES,THE OTHER CHEST FREEZER HALF OF THE CARDBOARD IS MISSING, EXPOSED INSULATION WHICH A LOT OF INSULATION IS STUCK ON ICE.BOTH UNITS HAS BUILD-UP OF ICE, SOME OF THE FOOD IS BURIED IN ICE.THE OTHER ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER IS FILLED WITH ICE AND FOOD,INCLUDED A WHOLE WATER MELON,PACK OF GUM, HOT DOGS,ETC.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE AND FOOD.MUST REPLACE CARDBOARD AND TAPE AND PROVIDE A SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-42-090
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • GREASE AND DEBRIS IN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT ,FILTERS AND HOOD,INCLUDED PIPE OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS AND FOOD LIQUID SPILLAGE INSIDE THE THREE DOOR COOLER ACROSS FROM COOKING EQUIPMENT.GREASE ON TOP THE FOUR BURNER STOVE,AND INSIDE THE WHITE MICROWAVE.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. MOP SINK HAS A BUILD UP OF DEBRIS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • PEELING PAINT ON CEILING IN PIZZA PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPAINT,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • PEELING PAINT ON CEILING IN PIZZA PREP AREA.INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND REPAINT,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MISSING LIGHT SHIELD IN PREP AREA.DUST BUILD UP ON LIGHT SHIELD ,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • STAFF WASHROOM DOOR NOT SELF CLOSED,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF DEVICE FOR THE SAID DOOR
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO VENTILATION PROVIDED ABOVE THE FOUR BURNER ELECTRICAL STOVE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A COMMERCIAL HOOD/VENTILATION FOR THE SAID UNIT OR REMOVE UNIT FROM PREMISES. NO STOPPERS PROVIDED AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK,ALSO AT SAID SINK WATER PIPE UNDER THE UNIT PROFUSELY LEAKING INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.THREE COMPARTMENT SINK HAS A FAUCET WITH THREADS,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WITH A FAUCET WITHOUT THREADS
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • REMOVE DIRTY UNUSED EQUIPMENTS/COOLERS FROM REAR AREA.IF ITEMS IS KEPT ON PREMISES MUST BE FREE OF DEBRIS AND GRIMES.

When was Agees Pizzeria & Grill last inspected?

Agees Pizzeria & Grill has 6 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2012.

Agees Pizzeria & Grill vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 22, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.