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Celis Pizza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 13, 2023
- address2605 S Kostner Ave, Chicago 60623
Is Celis Pizza clean?
Celis Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 13, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Celis Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE BUILD UP OF ICE ON INTERIOR OF STAND UP FREEZER IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE ICE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Celis Pizza last inspected?
Celis Pizza has 13 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| December 6, 2024 | — | |
| July 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2022 | — | |
| October 29, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 8, 2020 | — | |
| March 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2015 | Pass |
Celis Pizza vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 July 13, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.