Vini's Pizza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 28, 2011
• address4009 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Vini's Pizza clean?

Vini's Pizza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Vini's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • Found no certified food mgr. with a city of chicago while preparing, handling potentially hazardous foods (pizza, sausage italian beef) at time of inspection on 7/28/2011. Citation #H000072728, with at court date of 9/15/2011, at 400 W. Superior in Room # 112 at 2:00 PM.
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated, labeled in walk in cooler, reach in cooler, and reach in freezer, must date and label food itemes in walk in cooler, reach in cooler, and reach in freezer.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • Found some food items not properly dated, labeled in walk in cooler, reach in cooler, and reach in freezer, must date and label food itemes in walk in cooler, reach in cooler, and reach in freezer.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Walk in cooler shelvin/racks that had rust/peeling paint shall be repair/replaced. Rear storage shelving had exposed raw wood, peeling paint, shall be repair, sealed, reach in cooler shelving had rust, peeling paint, shall be repair/replaced.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Walk in cooler shelvin/racks that had rust/peeling paint shall be repair/replaced. Rear storage shelving had exposed raw wood, peeling paint, shall be repair, sealed, reach in cooler shelving had rust, peeling paint, shall be repair/replaced.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of cooler shelving, door tracks not clean need detailed cleaning(crevices).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment, 3 compartment sink area, rear storage area, and front closet area not clean need detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floors under heavy equipment, cooking equipment, 3 compartment sink area, rear storage area, and front closet area not clean need detailed cleaning(corners).
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Damaged/stained ceiling tiles shall be replaced, walls in kitchen prep areas, and by fron couner not clean need detailed cleaning.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Damaged/stained ceiling tiles shall be replaced, walls in kitchen prep areas, and by fron couner not clean need detailed cleaning.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Light shields in kitchen prep areas, dining areas not clean need detailed cleaning, missing light shields shall be provided.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Exhaust vents(ventilation) in coolers, bathrooms, dining areas not clean need cleaning(detailed).

When was Vini's Pizza last inspected?

Vini's Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2010.

Vini's Pizza vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 28, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.