Waldo Cooney's Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2024
• address2410 W 111Th St, Chicago 60655

Is Waldo Cooney's Pizza clean?

Waldo Cooney's Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 27, 2024. 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 Waldo Cooney's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HAND WASHING SIGNS NEEDED AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • ALL BULK FOOD ITEMS MUST BE LABEL WITH COMMODITY NAME. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • BACK DOOR ON STORAGE SIDE OF BUILDING IN NEED OF RODENT PROOFING. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ANY AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY ON FLOOR OF REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD CONTAINERS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ANY AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FOOD CONTAINERS STORED DIRECTLY ON FLOOR OF REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD CONTAINERS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO ADD SANITIZER BUCKETS AND MAINTAIN SOLUTION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • LARGE CAN OPENER IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING AT BLADE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN • SIDE OF EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD BUILD UP AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS, LIQUID SPILLS AND DEBRIS BUILD UP IN STORAGE AREAS, WALK IN COOLERS, AND IN PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Waldo Cooney's Pizza last inspected?

Waldo Cooney's Pizza has 20 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Waldo Cooney's Pizza vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

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• ✓ Let's Get Poppin, Inc.
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• ✓ J & J Fish
  clean · May 15, 2025
• ? Boo's Soul Food Cafe Inc
  cooked · June 28, 2012
• ✓ Longwood Foods
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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 27, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.