Chi-Town Pizza Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 6, 2010
• address151 E Randolph St, Chicago 60601

Is Chi-Town Pizza Express clean?

Chi-Town Pizza Express is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 6, 2010. 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 Chi-Town Pizza Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 6, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • All food establishments that prepare, sell, or store hot food shall have adequate hot food storage facilities. PIZZA HOT HOLDING UNIT AT 110F, INSTRUCTED MGR TO PROVIDE HOT HOLDING UNIT THAT MAINTAINS PIZZA AT 140F OR HIGHER, BY THE END OF INSPECTION UNIT WAS TURNED UP AND TEMP REACHED 154F
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All hot food shall be stored at a temperature of 140F or higher. FOUND 6 LARGE CHEESE AND SAUSAGE PIZZAS AT TEMPS RANGING BETWEEN 78.8F TO 110.4F, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP AT 140F OR HIGHER, OR 40F OR LOWER. PIZZA DISCARDED VALUED AT $130
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors. MUST KEEP PERSONAL ITEMS AWAY FROM FOOD PREP AREA.

When was Chi-Town Pizza Express last inspected?

Chi-Town Pizza Express has 2 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2010.

Chi-Town Pizza Express vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 April 6, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.