Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 3, 2019
• address2743 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60707

Is Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina clean?

Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 3, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST INSTALL TWO HAND SINKS ON PREMISE. ONE IN BETWEEN DISH WASH AND PIZZA PREP AREA AND ONE IN THE REAR DOUGH PREP AREA. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD ON THE HAND SINK NEAR THE PREP TABLE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SPLASH GUARD ON THE HAND SINK NEAR THE PREP TABLE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS LAYING ON PREPPING TABLES AND COUNTERS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A CONTAINER OF SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE CAN OPENER BLADE AND CAN STORAGE SHELVES TO BE SOILED WITH DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE ON THE TRASH IN THE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LID ON THE RECEPTACLE IN THE RESTROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE ON THE TRASH IN THE RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A LID ON THE RECEPTACLE IN THE RESTROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE CEILING TILE TO BE CHIPPED ABOVE THE PREPPING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN THE CEILING TILE ABOVE THE PREPPING AREA.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL LIGHT FIXTURES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN NOT FUNCTIONING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN THE KITCHEN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SEVERAL LIGHT FIXTURES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN NOT FUNCTIONING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN THE KITCHEN.

When was Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina last inspected?

Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina has 17 inspections on record going back to June 4, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sorrento's Pizzeria & Cucina vs Montclare

Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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• ? P & S Meats Inc
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• ✓ Smakowski Bakery By Smakowski
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• ✓ Schorsch Village Improvement
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• ? Stavros Gyros
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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 October 3, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.