Bella's Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 22, 2019 →
• address658 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Bella's Pizza clean?

Bella's Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 22, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bella's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Bella's Pizza last inspected?

Bella's Pizza has 9 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2014.

Bella's Pizza vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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