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Margarita's Pizzeria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2026
- address2705 - 2707 E 79Th St, Chicago 60649
Is Margarita's Pizzeria clean?
Margarita's Pizzeria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Margarita's Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11 OBSERVED SCOOPS BEING STORED INSIDE OF DRY FOOD CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SCOOPS OUT OF CONTAINERS WHEN NOT IN USE.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11 OBSERVED SCOOPS BEING STORED INSIDE OF DRY FOOD CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE SCOOPS OUT OF CONTAINERS WHEN NOT IN USE.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED DRY FOOD (FLOUR) OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND IN DRY FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING THE PRODUCT NAME. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOOD THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15 OBSERVED LARGE MIXING BOWLS THAT ARE TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING RINSING AND SANITIZING LARGE MIXING BOWLS ON SITE, OR ONLY USE MIXING BOWLS THAT CAN BE SUBMERGED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR PROVIDE A 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH COMPARTMENTS LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE LARGEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON SITE.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15 OBSERVED LARGE MIXING BOWLS THAT ARE TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING RINSING AND SANITIZING LARGE MIXING BOWLS ON SITE, OR ONLY USE MIXING BOWLS THAT CAN BE SUBMERGED IN THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK OR PROVIDE A 3 COMPARTMENT SINK WITH COMPARTMENTS LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE LARGEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON SITE.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR THE ONE FEMALE AND TWO MALE FOOD HANDLERS THAT ARE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR THE ONE FEMALE AND TWO MALE FOOD HANDLERS THAT ARE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE MANAGER ON SITE WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL MANAGERS MUST MEET THE ALLERGEN TRAINING REQUIREMENT.
When was Margarita's Pizzeria last inspected?
Margarita's Pizzeria has 30 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 9, 2022 | — | |
| March 11, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 1, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2020 | Fail |
Margarita's Pizzeria vs South Shore
South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 February 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.