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Congress Pizza
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2014
- address5925 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639
Is Congress Pizza clean?
Congress Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Congress Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in walk in cooler, must properly date food items in walk in cooler.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated in walk in cooler, must properly date food items in walk in cooler.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Caulk around exposed hand sink in kitchen prep area in state of disrepair/broken, shall be repaired/replaced.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Caulk around exposed hand sink in kitchen prep area in state of disrepair/broken, shall be repaired/replaced.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of walk in cooler shelving/racks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices), Prep table lower shelving need cleaning, bsmt storage shelving not clean, need cleaning, rear storage shelving racks not clean, need detailed cleaning(crevices). Display cooler lower shelving not clean, needs detailed cleaning.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor in rear storage area(1st floor) mot clean, need cleaning(corners).Floors in bsmt storage areas under storage shelving, hot water heater areas not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor in rear storage area(1st floor) mot clean, need cleaning(corners).Floors in bsmt storage areas under storage shelving, hot water heater areas not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Broken light shield in prep area, shall be replaced.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust vents(ventilation) in walk in cooler, coolers not clean, need detailed cleaning, exhaust vents(ventilation) in kitchen prep area not clean, need cleaning(detailed).
When was Congress Pizza last inspected?
Congress Pizza has 11 inspections on record going back to August 19, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| March 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2013 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2012 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2012 | Fail | |
| December 7, 2010 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 13, 2010 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2010 | Pass |
Congress Pizza vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 March 18, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.