Cowabunga Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2025
• address1117 W 31St St, Chicago 60608

Is Cowabunga Pizza clean?

Cowabunga Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 27, 2025. 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 Cowabunga Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED AN UNFINISHED FLOOR AROUND THE GREASE TRAP WITH EXPOSED WOOD MATERIAL. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SAID SURFACE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE NOR ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR WITH A 1/2 INCH GAP AT THE BOTTOM. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SAID DOOR TIGHT FITTING AND RODENT PROOFED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 OBSERVED A SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE MOP SINK LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 OBSERVED A SPLASH GUARD IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE MOP SINK LOCATED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.

When was Cowabunga Pizza last inspected?

Cowabunga Pizza has 1 inspection on record going back to February 27, 2025.

Cowabunga Pizza vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 February 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.