Pizza By Alex

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 25, 2014
• address5040-5044 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Pizza By Alex clean?

Pizza By Alex is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 25, 2014. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Pizza By Alex?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHT BULBS MUST BE SHIELDED ABOVE PREP/COOKING AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS AT (2) 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE, STORAGE SHELVES/RACKS WITH MOLD LIKE BUILD-UP INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, INTERIOR SURFACES OF PIZZA PREP COOLER AND INTERIOR SURFACES OF MOP SINK.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDERNEATH FRYERS AND STOVE WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION AND FLOORS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS UNDERNEATH FRYERS AND STOVE WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ACCUMULATION AND FLOORS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLES ON WALL INSIDE WOMEN'S CUSTOMER WASHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLES ON WALL INSIDE WOMEN'S CUSTOMER WASHROOM.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, REORGANIZE AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES STORED IN COUNTER SHELVES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE BEHIND BAR.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • NOTED ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN SEPARATE CONTAINER.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • NOTED ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE IN A CLEAN SEPARATE CONTAINER.

When was Pizza By Alex last inspected?

Pizza By Alex has 13 inspections on record going back to April 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pizza By Alex vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 39% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 73 mid, 363 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 November 25, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.