Jimmy's Pizza Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2025
• address2434-2436 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Jimmy's Pizza Cafe clean?

Jimmy's Pizza Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Jimmy's Pizza Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED ON FLOORIN WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER IN THE BEASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES FROM FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED ON FLOORIN WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER IN THE BEASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES FROM FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FLOUR AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF PREP TABLES, COOLERS, FREEZERS, SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. (NONFOOD CONTACT SURFACES)
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD SPILLS ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE REAR AND BASEMENT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS STORED IN PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE ORDERLY STORAGE AREA FOR EMPLOYEES CLOTHING AND OTHER POSSESSIONS AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED FOOD EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS STORED IN PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE ORDERLY STORAGE AREA FOR EMPLOYEES CLOTHING AND OTHER POSSESSIONS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Jimmy's Pizza Cafe last inspected?

Jimmy's Pizza Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2024.

Jimmy's Pizza Cafe vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Jimmy's Pizza Cafe
  clean · January 10, 2025
• ✓ Tacos Los Primos Co
  clean · April 17, 2025
• ✓ Las Maria's Breakfast Club
  clean · January 15, 2026
• ✓ Taku Food
  clean · April 25, 2025
• ✓ Willow Cafe And Bistro
  clean · June 26, 2026
• ✓ Willow Cafe And Bistro
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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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.