Pizano's Pizza & Pasta Express

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: NOTED NO PAPER TOWELS AT EMPLOYEE BATHROOM HAND WASH SINK. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#7-38-030(C) CITATIONISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: NOTED INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER TO BE IMPROPER:-HAM 47.4F, MUSHROOM 55F, PEPPERONI 47F, SAUSAGE 50F, PASTA 45.1F MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 51 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $400.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: NOTED THE FOLLOWING CORE VIOLATIONS 51 WITH THE RULES NUMBERS BELOW FROM INSPECTION #2598595 DATED 8/5/2024 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 August 5, 2024: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near North Side

• ✓! Royal Berry
  cooked · 21 W Ontario St · inspected July 27, 2012
• ✓ The Continental
  cooked · 505 N Michigan Ave · inspected June 8, 2015
• ✓ The Continental
  clean · 505 N Michigan Ave · inspected September 1, 2011
• ✓ Einstein Bros. Bagels
  cooked · 109 E Pearson St · inspected January 19, 2021
• ✓ Rosati's Pizza & California Style Deli
  cooked · 126 W Grand Ave · inspected June 28, 2016
• ✓ Brunch
  cooked · 343 W Erie St · inspected June 28, 2019

See every restaurant in Near North Side →

About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.