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Benny's Pizza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 9, 2014
- address1244 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is Benny's Pizza clean?
Benny's Pizza is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 9, 2014. 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 Benny's Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 9, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE DUSTS ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE VENTILATION COVER IN TOILET ROOM. MUST CLEAN HEAVY GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM WALLS AND CEILINGS,LIGHT SHIELDS.MUST REPLACE DAMAGED VENTILATION COVERS IN CUSTOMER WAITING AREA .MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA MUST BE SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE DUSTS ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE VENTILATION COVER IN TOILET ROOM. MUST CLEAN HEAVY GREASE AND FOOD DEBRI FROM WALLS AND CEILINGS,LIGHT SHIELDS.MUST REPLACE DAMAGED VENTILATION COVERS IN CUSTOMER WAITING AREA .MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON WALLS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA MUST BE SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTS IN THE KITCHEN PREP AREAS MUST BE SHIELDED OR PROVIDE SHATTER PROOF LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.
When was Benny's Pizza last inspected?
Benny's Pizza has 10 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| October 9, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2012 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2011 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Benny's Pizza vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West 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 October 9, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.