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Pizzeria Serio
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 29, 2025
- address1708 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Pizzeria Serio clean?
Pizzeria Serio is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Pizzeria Serio?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS ON HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE FRONT BAR AREA AND 2ND FLOOR BAR. MUST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE BIN ON THE SECOND FLOOR BAR AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE BIN ON THE SECOND FLOOR BAR AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOPS IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURN LIGHT OUT ON CEILING ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ADEQAUTE INTENSITY LIGHTING.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURN LIGHT OUT ON CEILING ABOVE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ADEQAUTE INTENSITY LIGHTING.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT#2597268 ON 07/10/2024. #58. FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED MUST UPDATE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUEDPrevious Core Violation Corrected • OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM INSPECTION REPORT#2597268 ON 07/10/2024. #58. FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED MUST UPDATE FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED
When was Pizzeria Serio last inspected?
Pizzeria Serio has 29 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2025 | — | |
| July 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2024 | — | |
| April 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 24, 2021 | — | |
| March 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2020 | — | |
| December 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2019 | Fail |
Pizzeria Serio vs North Center
North Center runs 41% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 74 mid, 495 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 July 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.