Lizzano

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 5, 2024
• address636 N Wells St, Chicago 60654

Is Lizzano clean?

Lizzano is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lizzano?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO DISINFECTANT EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN DISINFECTANT EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS AND MAINTAIN ON SITE AT TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO VISIBLE THERMOMETERS IN INTERIOR OF SMALL COLD HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT PREP AND TWO ONE DOOR REFRIGERATORS IN REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VISIBLE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED OPENINGS AT LEFT SIDE BASE OF EXIT DOOR ON NORTHSIDE OF FACILITY, OPENINGS IN MIDDLE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF FRONT ENTANCE DOUBLE DOORS, AND OPENINGS IN MIDDLE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND AT BASE OF BOTH DOUBLE DOORS IN DUMPSTER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED MOLDLIKE SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR OF BOTH SMALL COLD HOLDING UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIORS OF BOTH SMALL COLD HOLDING UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SPILLS ON INTERIOR OF ONE DOOR REFRIGERATOR WITH WHITE INTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF SAID REFRIGERATORS IN REAR PREP AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LOW HOT WATER PRESSURE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE HOT WATER PRESSURE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN DISHWASHING AREA THAT WILL NOT BE USED BY FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY TO THE OPERATION EQUIPMENT THAT IS NONFUNCTIONAL OR NO LONGER USED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN BOTH ALL GENDER WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR INSTALL MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN BOTH ALL GENDER WASHROOMS OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN BOTH ALL GENDER WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR INSTALL MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN BOTH ALL GENDER WASHROOMS OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY.

When was Lizzano last inspected?

Lizzano has 1 inspection on record going back to November 5, 2024.

Lizzano vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓! Lizzano
  mid · November 5, 2024
• ✓ The Alston
  clean · May 6, 2026
• ✓ Alston
  clean · April 3, 2025
• ✓ Alston
  clean · April 3, 2025
• ✓! Panera Bread #7040
  mid · November 25, 2025
• ✓ Dave's Hot Chicken
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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 November 5, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.