Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 21, 2012
• address730 N Rush St, Chicago 60611

Is Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria clean?

Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 21, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 21, 2012, 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. INTERIOR SURFACES OF PREP COOLER DOORS IN POOR REPAIR, EXPOSED INSULATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  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. INTERIOR SURFACES OF PREP COOLER DOORS IN POOR REPAIR, EXPOSED INSULATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily. FAN COVERS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER WITH HEAVY DUST BUIL-UP, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️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 NOT CLEAN UNDER PREP COUNTERS AND WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  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 NOT CLEAN UNDER PREP COUNTERS AND WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALLS IN LOWER LEVEL PREP AREA WITH DAMAGED SURFACES AND PEELING PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A A DURABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. WALLS IN LOWER LEVEL PREP AREA WITH DAMAGED SURFACES AND PEELING PAINT, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A A DURABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Shielding to protect against broken glass falling into food shall be provided for all artificial lighting sources in preparation, service, and display facilities. NO LIGHTS ABOVE ICE MAKER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. PREP COOLERS MISSING THERMOMETERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units. PREP COOLERS MISSING THERMOMETERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • Between uses and during storage ice dispensing utensils and ice receptacles shall be stored in a way that protects them from contamination. ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF CUBES IN ICE BINS, NO COVER FOR BAR ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERS AND STORE SCOOP OFF CUBES.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • Between uses and during storage ice dispensing utensils and ice receptacles shall be stored in a way that protects them from contamination. ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF CUBES IN ICE BINS, NO COVER FOR BAR ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERS AND STORE SCOOP OFF CUBES.

When was Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria last inspected?

Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria has 5 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2010.

Giordano's Rest. & Pizzeria vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 21, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.