Leona's Pizzeria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 17, 2015. 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 Leona's Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA COVING IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN REAR STORAGE AREA COVING IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING ABOVE PIZZA OVEN IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING ABOVE PIZZA OVEN IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
🪳pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • AIR VENTS IN REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO ONE ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ON OBTAINING CERTIFICATES. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMNES.
Food Handler Requirements Met • NO ONE ON SITE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ON OBTAINING CERTIFICATES. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMNES.
When was Leona's Pizzeria last inspected?
Leona's Pizzeria has 3 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2014.
date
result
score
August 19, 2016
closed by the city
February 17, 2015
Pass
September 23, 2014
Pass
Leona's Pizzeria vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 17, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.