Pinocchio's Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2010
• address3208 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60641

Is Pinocchio's Pizza clean?

Pinocchio's Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 8, 2010. 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 Pinocchio's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 8, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • Hand washing facilities not maintained, convenient, accessible or designed. While running water in exposed hand sink, water from hand sink traveling through pipe to open air gap drain in front prep area and discharging water all over floor. Water is black gritty substance with foul smell. Instructed owner that exposed handsink must be properly repaired to prevent improper disposal of waste and sewage water. Instructed to have licensed plumber to repair and correct drainline and have proper disposal of waste water at exposed handsink. Critical citation issued. Instructed owner to use handsink in toilet room approximately 15 feet away.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Prep tables and cooler near drainline in front prep area not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor in prep area and basement not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize floor around.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor in prep area and basement not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize floor around.

When was Pinocchio's Pizza last inspected?

Pinocchio's Pizza has 5 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2010.

Pinocchio's Pizza vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 8, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.