Bowen's Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2021
• address219 E 47Th St, Chicago 60653

Is Bowen's Pizza clean?

Bowen's Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 31, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bowen's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE RUBBER GASKETS AT THE PREP COOLER DOORS IN POOR REPAIR; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR GASKETS WHERE NEEDED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE FRYERS AND INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND WALLS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CEILING VENTS AND LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE NEEDED TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED. • OBSERVED AREAS OF THE FLOORS IN POOR REPAIR IN REAR PREP AREA; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR FLOOR WHERE NEEDED AND REPLACE FLOOR TILES WHERE NEEDED.

When was Bowen's Pizza last inspected?

Bowen's Pizza has 6 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2019.

Bowen's Pizza vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 August 31, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.