Paulys Pizzaria

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2019
• address719 S State St, Chicago 60605

Is Paulys Pizzaria clean?

Paulys Pizzaria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 17, 2019. 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 Paulys Pizzaria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • - NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • - NO VOMITOUS AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP WRITTEN PROCEDURE AND PHYSICAL KIT, EFFECTIVE FOR ELIMINATING NOROVIRUS, ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • - OBSERVED A SLIGHT ACCUMULATION OF PINK/BLACK DEBRIS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE. MUST REMOVE DEBRIS, DETAIL CLEAN/HAVE SERVICED, AND MAINTAIN MACHINE AT ALL TIMES. -
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • - MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPARATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE (MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS TOTAL) OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24HRS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • - OBSERVED AN 1/4" GAP ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR. MUST PROVIDE A TIGHT FITTING SEAL AT ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF PESTS. -
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • - MUST PROVIDE A VERIFIABLE, DETAILED, STEP BY STEP, OF THE EXACT WASH/RINSE/SANITIZE CLEANING PROCEDURE (INCLUDING EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES USED, CONCENTRATION LEVELS, CONTACT TIMES ETC) FOR ALL FOOD-CONTACT UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE FIXED AND/OR TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK (DOUGH MIXER). -
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • - MUST PROVIDE A VERIFIABLE, DETAILED, STEP BY STEP, OF THE EXACT WASH/RINSE/SANITIZE CLEANING PROCEDURE (INCLUDING EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES USED, CONCENTRATION LEVELS, CONTACT TIMES ETC) FOR ALL FOOD-CONTACT UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE FIXED AND/OR TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK (DOUGH MIXER). -
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • - OBSERVED HOLES IN THE WALLS IN THE TOILET ROOM. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. -
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • - MUST PROVIDE VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • - MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN AWARENESS CERTIFICATION FOR ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON SITE. -

When was Paulys Pizzaria last inspected?

Paulys Pizzaria has 12 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2010.

Paulys Pizzaria vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 December 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.