Cippolina

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 9, 2010
• address1543 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60622
• cuisineBakery

Is Cippolina clean?

Cippolina is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 9, 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 Cippolina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.MUST REPLACE WORNED OUT CUTTING BOARDS AT FOOD PREP TABLE,REMOVE MAGNET TYPE KNIFE HOLDERS ON WALL.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair.MUST REPLACE WORNED OUT CUTTING BOARDS AT FOOD PREP TABLE,REMOVE MAGNET TYPE KNIFE HOLDERS ON WALL.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN NEED FOR FURTHER CLEANING.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN NEED FOR FURTHER CLEANING.
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  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.WASHBOWL SINK INSIDE THE TOILET ROOM SLOW DRAINING,WATER LEAKING AT BASE OF FAUCET 3 COMP SINK.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS WITH HAIR RESTRAINTS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • All employees shall be required to use effective hair restraints to confine hair.MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLERS WITH HAIR RESTRAINTS.

When was Cippolina last inspected?

Cippolina has 2 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2010.

Cippolina vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ✓ Lovely: A Bake Shop
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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 September 9, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.