Ave Pasta

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2018
• address50 E Chicago, Chicago 60611

Is Ave Pasta clean?

Ave Pasta is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 21, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Ave Pasta?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(N) NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 NO EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS SIGNS POSTED AT EMPLOYEES AND WASHROOM HANDWASH BOWLS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS SIGNS AT ALL EMPLOYEES HANDWASH BOWLS.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17(A) MUST LABEL REFRIGERATED READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD > 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-203.11 METAL STEM THERMOMETER NOT CALIBRATED ALSO FRONT 2-DOOR STAND UP REACH IN COOLER MISSING THERMOMETER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CALIBRATE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS ALSO MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR FRONT 2-DOOR REACH IN COOLER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANLDER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANLDER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 REAR PREP AREA TALL BOY STAND UP REACH IN COOLER DOOR RUBBER GASKETS RIPPED. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.13 VENTILATION HOOD FILTERS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER MUST CLEAN VENTILATION HOOD FILTERS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES.

When was Ave Pasta last inspected?

Ave Pasta has 16 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ave Pasta vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 21, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.