Papa Joe's Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2025 →
• address5750 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60646

Is Papa Joe's Pizza clean?

Papa Joe's Pizza is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on September 25, 2025, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on January 23, 2025. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Papa Joe's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition

When was Papa Joe's Pizza last inspected?

Papa Joe's Pizza has 26 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Papa Joe's Pizza vs Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park runs 76% clean across 153 tracked restaurants — 116 clean, 29 mid, 8 cooked.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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