The New Congress Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 16, 2026
• address3737 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60651

Is The New Congress Pizza clean?

The New Congress Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The New Congress Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11---OBSERVED A TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE 1 DOOR PIZZA PREP COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKET AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13---OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED TO SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN AS REQUIRED.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13---OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.INSTRUCTED TO SHOW PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAIN AS REQUIRED.

When was The New Congress Pizza last inspected?

The New Congress Pizza has 17 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The New Congress Pizza vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 32% clean across 728 tracked restaurants — 234 clean, 58 mid, 430 cooked.

Against the 728 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 69% 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 June 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.