Pizano's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2025
• address61-65 E Madison St, Chicago 60603

Is Pizano's clean?

Pizano's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pizano's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-501.112: OBSERVED DEAD ROACHES THROUGHOUT LOCKER ROOM. OBSERVED DEAD ROACHES ON FLOORS, IN CORNERS AND IN LOCKERS OF LOCKER ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL DEAD ROACHES IN FACILITY AND CLEAN AFFECTED AREAS.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11: OBSERVED NO ICE BIN COVER/LID FOR ICE IN ICE BIN IN INTERIOR OF BAR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVER/LID FOR ICE BIN IN INTERIOR OF BAR IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO SPLASHES, DUST OR OTHER CONTAMINATION OF ICE IN ICE BIN DURING STORAGE. • 3-307.11: OBSERVED NO LEFT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINKS IN FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA AND AT HANDWASHING SINK IN FIRST FLOOR DINING AREA ACROSS FROM BAR WHERE PITCHERS OF WATER ARE STORED(BEVERAGE STATION NEAR HALLWAY EXIT DOOR). INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINKS IN FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA AND AT HANDWASHING SINK IN FIRST FLOOR DINING AREA ACROSS FROM BAR WHERE PITCHERS ARE STORED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT IN DISHWASHING AREA AND PITCHERS OF WATER IN BEVERAGE STATION ACROSS FROM FIRST FLOOR BAR(NEAR HALLWAY EXIT DOOR).
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11: OBSERVED NO ICE BIN COVER/LID FOR ICE IN ICE BIN IN INTERIOR OF BAR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVER/LID FOR ICE BIN IN INTERIOR OF BAR IN BASEMENT TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO SPLASHES, DUST OR OTHER CONTAMINATION OF ICE IN ICE BIN DURING STORAGE. • 3-307.11: OBSERVED NO LEFT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINKS IN FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA AND AT HANDWASHING SINK IN FIRST FLOOR DINING AREA ACROSS FROM BAR WHERE PITCHERS OF WATER ARE STORED(BEVERAGE STATION NEAR HALLWAY EXIT DOOR). INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINKS IN FIRST FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA AND AT HANDWASHING SINK IN FIRST FLOOR DINING AREA ACROSS FROM BAR WHERE PITCHERS ARE STORED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT IN DISHWASHING AREA AND PITCHERS OF WATER IN BEVERAGE STATION ACROSS FROM FIRST FLOOR BAR(NEAR HALLWAY EXIT DOOR).
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: OBSERVED DRAIN PIPE UNDERNEATH ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT LEAKING INTO PAN ON FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAK FROM DRAIN PIPE OF ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11: OBSERVED MISSING GROUT IN BETWEEN FLOOR TILES IN BASEMENT PREP AREA(NEAR 1 COMP SINK AND HANDWASHING SINK), IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA IN COOKLINE AREA AND NEAR FLOOR TRASH SHOOT IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REGROUT IN BETWEEN FLOORS TILES WHERE GROUT IS MISSING IN BASEMENT PREP AREA(NEAR 1 COMP SINK AND HANDWASHING SINK), IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA IN COOKLINE AREA AND NEAR FLOOR TRASH SHOOT IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. OBSERVED DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN WALK IN KEG COOLER IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO SMOOTHLY REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED FLOOR TILES IN WALK IN KEG COOLER IN BASEMENT FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY. • 6-501.12: OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP AND MOUNDS OF ICE ON FLOORS UNDERNEATH SHELVING UNITS AND ICE BUILDUP ON CEILING VENT IN BASEMENT WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE UILDUP AND MOUNDS OF ICE FROM FLOORS UNDERNEATH SHELVING UNITS AND ICE BUILDUP ON CEILING VENT IN BASEMENT WALK IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11: OBSERVED NON WORKING LIGHTS IN EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM AND IN HOODS OF FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE ALL NON WORKING LIGHTS IN EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM AND IN HOODS OF FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA TO INCREASE LIGHT INTENSITY.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-303.11: OBSERVED NON WORKING LIGHTS IN EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM AND IN HOODS OF FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE ALL NON WORKING LIGHTS IN EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOM AND IN HOODS OF FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA TO INCREASE LIGHT INTENSITY.

When was Pizano's last inspected?

Pizano's has 19 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pizano's vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.