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Leona's Pizzeria
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 17, 2024
- address3877 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Leona's Pizzeria clean?
Leona's Pizzeria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 17, 2024. 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 Leona's Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER OR VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE (TCS FOODS) ARE BEING HANDLED PREPARED AND SERVED AND POST ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED.PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2572258 DATED 3/9/23 INCLUDING VIOLATION #58 NO PROOF OF ALLERERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2572258 DATED 3/9/23 INCLUDING VIOLATION #58 NO PROOF OF ALLERERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090
When was Leona's Pizzeria last inspected?
Leona's Pizzeria has 4 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 9, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2022 | Fail |
Leona's Pizzeria vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 17, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.