Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CARD BOARD LINING SHELVING IN REAR AREA UNDER THE FLOUR STORED IN THE REAR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ANY AND ALL CARD BOARD AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE HARBORING AND BREEDING OF INSECTS.
  code 47
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON THE METAL SHELVING IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA WITH THE SERVING PANS AND OTHER COOKING AND FOOD STORAGE ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA. • OBSERVED FLOOR BROKEN AT THE DOUBLE SIDE DOOR OF THE FACILITY EXPOSED CONCRETE NOTICED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE INSTECT ENTERING AND EASY OF BEING ABLE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-404.13(B:4) NOTED THE FOLLOWING CORE VIOLATIONS 51 WITH THE RULES NUMBERS BELOW FROM INSPECTION #2598595 DATED 8/5/2025 NOT CORRECTED:-51) 5-205.15: **C** System Maintained in Good Repair (In Good Repair) OBSERVED LEAK AT BASE OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT THE ABOVE VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 11, 2023: 3 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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