Chicago's Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 15, 2025
• address3114 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Chicago's Pizza clean?

Chicago's Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chicago's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO EXPOSED HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT BAR AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED SLIGHT DISCOLORATION INSIDE THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOODS NOT STORED IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINER MUST BE LABELED WITH THE PRODUCT COMMON NAME.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED INDIVIDUAL DISPOSABLE CUP USED INSIDE THE CHEESE CONTAINER TO SCOOP CHEESE AT THE PIZZA COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO USE SPOON, TONG OR LADLE TO SCOOP CHEESE OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED INDIVIDUAL DISPOSABLE CUP USED INSIDE THE CHEESE CONTAINER TO SCOOP CHEESE AT THE PIZZA COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO USE SPOON, TONG OR LADLE TO SCOOP CHEESE OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN MAIN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREAS. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOODEN SHELVING IN THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. MUST PAINT/SEAL AND MAINTAIN. SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK DRAINING SLOW IN BASEMENT FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN CEILING LIGHT SHILEDS COVERS IN BOTH EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REPIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. MUST CLEAN DIRT AND DEBRIS ON CEILING LIGHT SHIELDS ABOVE DISHWASHING AREA LOCATED ON THE BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • MUST REPAIR OR REMOVE UNUSED 3-DOOR COOLER IN REAR OF KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. • OBSERVED A FEW DAMAGED/CRACKED FLOOR TILES ON BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR REPLACE TILES AND MAINTAIN FACILITY IN A GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL THE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED TWO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS WITHOUT THE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS.

When was Chicago's Pizza last inspected?

Chicago's Pizza has 24 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chicago's Pizza vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.

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• ✓ The Market Place Foodstore
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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 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.