Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2014
• address439 N Wells St, Chicago 60654

Is Lou Malnati's Pizzeria clean?

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 23, 2014. 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 Lou Malnati's Pizzeria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • NOTED INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD ITEMS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNIT TO BE IMPROPER:-PASTA 50.3F,ROAST BEEF 47.4F,SALSA 45.0F, CHICKEN 49.1F, SPAGHETTI 49.6F, MILK 44.9F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 27 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $60.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. CITATION ISSUED FOR CRITICAL VIOLATION #7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED RUSTY SHELVES ON RACK BY THE DISH WASHER AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OR REPAINT WITH A NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT AND/OR REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NOTED RUSTY SHELVES ON RACK BY THE DISH WASHER AT THE BASEMENT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN OR REPAINT WITH A NON TOXIC FOOD GRADE PAINT AND/OR REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • NOTED A SLIGHT DISCOLORATION INSIDE INNER LINING OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED NO HAND WASH SINK AT THE BAR ON THE FIRST FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A HAND WASH SINK.

When was Lou Malnati's Pizzeria last inspected?

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria has 8 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2011.

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria 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 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 September 23, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.