Giovanni's Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2019
• address7004 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60707

Is Giovanni's Pizza clean?

Giovanni's Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2019. 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 Giovanni's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL SUPPLIES LISTED ON THE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD IN BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD IN BETWEEN THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVES, STORAGE SHELVES AND WIRE STORAGE RACKS ABOVE THE PIZZA PREP COOLER.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE WASHROOM DOOR IS NOT SELF-CLOSING. MUST ATTACH THE SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE TO THE WASHROOM DOOR.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • THE WASHROOM DOOR IS NOT SELF-CLOSING. MUST ATTACH THE SELF-CLOSING DOOR DEVICE TO THE WASHROOM DOOR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • CLEAN THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • CLEAN THE DUST AND GREASE BUILDUP ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • CLEAN THE DUST AND GREASE BUILDUP ON THE VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON THE PREMISES. MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON THE PREMISES. MUST SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

When was Giovanni's Pizza last inspected?

Giovanni's Pizza has 14 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Giovanni's Pizza vs Montclare

Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

Other spots in Montclare

• ? Sparacino Ristorante
  cooked · December 2, 2014
• ✓ Mont Clare Leyden Veterans
  clean · December 17, 2014
• ? Mama Thai Cafe
  cooked · July 17, 2012
• ✓ Mont Clare Lanes/Banquets
  clean · December 17, 2014
• ✓ Bg's Lounge Inc
  clean · May 5, 2015
• ? Mangia Pizzeria Inc
  cooked · August 1, 2012

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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 December 11, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.