Pizano

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 18, 2014
• address61 E Madison St, Chicago 60603

Is Pizano clean?

Pizano is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 18, 2014. 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 Pizano?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 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 • FOUND 2LBS OF FRESH CHOPPED GARLIC COVERED WITH OIL AT 54.3F SITTING IN A CONTAINER ON TOP OF ICE, INSTRUCTED TO KEEP SUCH ITEM STORED AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005(A). FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $10.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • FOOD NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, FOUND RAW BEEF STORED ABOVE DELI MEAT, TORTILLA BREAD, SALAD ITEMS, INSTRUCTED MGR TO STORE FOOD ACCORDING TO HEALTH CODE. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE UNDER 3-COMP SINK NOT CELAN, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD-UP, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. ASLO GREASE AND DIRT FOUND BEHIND COOKING LINE.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE UNDER 3-COMP SINK NOT CELAN, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD-UP, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. ASLO GREASE AND DIRT FOUND BEHIND COOKING LINE.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DAMAGED SECTION OF CEILING AND WALL IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM,RUSTY SHELVES, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DAMAGED SECTION OF CEILING AND WALL IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE ROOM,RUSTY SHELVES, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Pizano last inspected?

Pizano has 11 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2010.

Pizano vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 June 18, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.