Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 5, 2023
• address4844 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc. clean?

Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 5, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN EMPLOYEE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND COLD HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CONSPICUOUS AND EASILY READABLE THERMOMETERS INSIDE ALL REFRIGERATOR UNITS TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF EQUIPMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOOR IN WALK IN COOLER.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN HOOD ANFD FILTERS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN HOOD ANFD FILTERS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLETION OF TRAINING. MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION.

When was Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc. last inspected?

Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc. has 28 inspections on record going back to November 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Positanos Restaurant & Pizza, Inc. vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 January 5, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.