Villa Palermo Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 5, 2025
• address2154 W Devon Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Villa Palermo Pizza clean?

Villa Palermo Pizza is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 5, 2025. 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 Villa Palermo Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE,NOT INSIDE THE ICE BIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE,NOT INSIDE THE ICE BIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • LABEL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME, ONCE IS REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL CONTAINERS
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • EXCESS GRIME AT INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND HOOD.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • GREASE AND BUILD UP DUST ON FILTERS UNDER THE HOOD.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • GREASE AND BUILD UP DUST ON FILTERS UNDER THE HOOD.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Villa Palermo Pizza last inspected?

Villa Palermo Pizza has 32 inspections on record going back to February 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Villa Palermo Pizza vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, 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 February 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.