Chicago Pizza Joint

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2021
• address4638 N Cumberland Ave, Chicago 60656

Is Chicago Pizza Joint clean?

Chicago Pizza Joint is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 20, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chicago Pizza Joint?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT EVERY HANDSINK (PREP, WASHROOM, DISHWASHING AREA).
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-201.11 INSTRUCTED TO REPAINT GREASE BOX TOP/COVER (ON FLOOR) WITH RUST ACCUMULATION NEXT/UNDERNEATH 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.16 INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLES ON WALL AROUND PREP AREA, DISHWASHING AREA AND INSIDE WASHROOM.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 FOOD HANDLER (S) WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 FOOD HANDLER (S) WITH NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.

When was Chicago Pizza Joint last inspected?

Chicago Pizza Joint has 3 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2021.

Chicago Pizza Joint vs Dunning

Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 20, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.