Bacci Pizza is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 11, 2013. 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 Bacci Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 11, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND CUTTING BOARD AT PIZZA PREP STATION WITH DEEP DARK GROVES. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND CUTTING BOARD AT PIZZA PREP STATION WITH DEEP DARK GROVES. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLERS, PREP TABLES AND LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE PREP AREA.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING IN REAR PREP AREA ESPECIALLY AROUND EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS. FOUND FLOORS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER IN POOR REPAIR (BROKEN AND MISSING TILE). MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN (MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE).
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED DETAIL CLEANING IN REAR PREP AREA ESPECIALLY AROUND EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS AND DEBRIS. FOUND FLOORS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER IN POOR REPAIR (BROKEN AND MISSING TILE). MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN (MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE).
🌡️thermometers missing
Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NOTED 2 BULBS BURNT OUT IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
🪳pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED THE VENTILATION SYSTEM, VENTS,FILTERS AND HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE HEAVY GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP. ALSO NOTED A LEAK AT THE PIPE UNDERNEATH THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Bacci Pizza last inspected?
Bacci Pizza has 5 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2010.
date
result
score
November 21, 2016
closed by the city
September 11, 2013
Pass
September 26, 2012
Pass w/ Conditions
August 3, 2011
Pass
November 4, 2010
Pass w/ Conditions
Bacci Pizza vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 11, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.