Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026
• address800 N Dearborn St, Chicago 60610

Is Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express clean?

Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FAN COVERS AND THE SHELVING IN THE REAR WALK IN COOLING UNIT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING FROM A BUILD UP OF DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE AIR VENTS THROUGHOUT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE FOOD CONTACT SURFACES BELOW.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE AIR VENTS THROUGHOUT THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE FOOD CONTACT SURFACES BELOW.

When was Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express last inspected?

Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express has 26 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.