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Lake's Best Pizzeria
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 2, 2019
- address133 N California Ave, Chicago 60612
Is Lake's Best Pizzeria clean?
Lake's Best Pizzeria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 2, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Lake's Best Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED PROCEDURE ON PREMISES FOR CLEAN-UP OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS, BUT NO CLEAN-UP KIT. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK IN THE PIPES UNDER THE 3 COMP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOORS IN THE KITCHEN AREA AND REAR WARE WASHING AREA IN DISREPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE ON THE FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE WALLS BEHIND THE TOILET IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM IN DISREPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATION FROM THE WORKER ON DUTY. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATION FROM THE WORKER ON DUTY. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN.
When was Lake's Best Pizzeria last inspected?
Lake's Best Pizzeria has 10 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 24, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| August 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 14, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 19, 2016 | — | |
| February 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2016 | — | |
| January 28, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2014 | Fail |
Lake's Best Pizzeria vs East Garfield Park
East Garfield Park runs 36% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 184 clean, 45 mid, 279 cooked.
Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 2, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.