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Damenzo's Ristorante
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 26, 2021
- address11226-11238 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628
Is Damenzo's Ristorante clean?
Damenzo's Ristorante is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 26, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Damenzo's Ristorante?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offProper Hot Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER HOT TEMPERATURE OF ( TCS) FOOD. 2 EXTRA LARGE SAUSAGE AND CHEESE PIZZAS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 98.0F INSIDE HOT HOLDING UNIT THAT DOOR OF UNIT LEFT OPEN. INSRUCTED TO MAINTAIN HOT ( TCS) FOODS AT 135.0F OR HIGHER. FOOD WAS REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY PIC AT APPROX 6-LBS, COST APPROX $ 25.00-COS. PRIORITY VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN ALL PREP STATIONS, COUNTER TOPS, STORAGE SHELVING, INTERIOR OF THE WALK COOLERS AND FREEZER, ALSO REACH IN PREP COOLER, POTATOE CUTTER.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKY FAUCET AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.
When was Damenzo's Ristorante last inspected?
Damenzo's Ristorante has 14 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| March 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 19, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 31, 2016 | Pass |
Damenzo's Ristorante vs Morgan Park
Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.
Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 26, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.