Little Caesar's Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
• address2501 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Little Caesar's Pizza clean?

Little Caesar's Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Little Caesar's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11-- MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PREP HAND WASHING SINK BETWEEN THE SINK AND STORED, PREPARED, READY FOR THE OVEN PIZZAS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11-- MUST INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PREP HAND WASHING SINK BETWEEN THE SINK AND STORED, PREPARED, READY FOR THE OVEN PIZZAS.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12--- NOTED A FOOD AND RUST ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AFTER EACH USE AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12--- NOTED A FOOD AND RUST ENCRUSTED TABLE TOP CAN OPENER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AFTER EACH USE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11(A;C)--- ALL FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE STORED ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11(A;C)--- ALL FOODS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER MUST BE STORED ELEVATED FROM THE FLOORS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • : 4-101.19--- MUST NOT USE SODA CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION THROUGHOUT FOR STORED ITEMS. FLOORS MUST BE ACCESSIBLE FOR CLEANING AND MONITORING AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15--- LEAK INTO A BUCKET UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-502.11--- NOTED PILED CARDBOARD BOXES AND BAGS OF GARBAGE WITH FOOD DEBRIS BEING STORED IN THE REAR HALLWAY AT THE REAR EXIT DUE TO FULL EXTERIOR WASTE RECEPTACLES. MUST PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT GARBAGE PICK-UP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR WASTE CONTAINERS TO ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • 5-502.11--- NOTED PILED CARDBOARD BOXES AND BAGS OF GARBAGE WITH FOOD DEBRIS BEING STORED IN THE REAR HALLWAY AT THE REAR EXIT DUE TO FULL EXTERIOR WASTE RECEPTACLES. MUST PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT GARBAGE PICK-UP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR WASTE CONTAINERS TO ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11--- MISSING FLOOR TILES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FOOD PREP AND UNDER THE PIZZA OVEN.----WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE CUSTOMER ORDER/PICK-UP AREA.----NOTED BLACKENED, MOLDY WALL CAULKING AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPLACE ALL.-----EXTREMELY DIRTY FLOOR DRAIN UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.-----HOLE IN THE WALL IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. 6-501.113---- NOTED SOILED MOP HEADS IMPROPERLY STORED AT THE UTILITY MOP SINK IN A BUCKET AND IN THE SINK. MUST STORE INVERTED AT THE SINK TO FACILITATE DRYING. 6-201.17---- EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION ON THE CEILING VENTILATION IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM AND ABOVE THE FRONT CASHIER AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11---- INOPERABLE VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE/REPAIR.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11---- INOPERABLE VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE/REPAIR.

When was Little Caesar's Pizza last inspected?

Little Caesar's Pizza has 16 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Little Caesar's Pizza 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.

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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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.