Waldo Cooney's Pizza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 26, 2024
• address8541 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60652

Is Waldo Cooney's Pizza clean?

Waldo Cooney's Pizza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 September 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR PANEL AND CHUTE OF ICE MACHINE WITH SLIGHT DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS IMPROPERLY STORED ON OPEN BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS AND CONDIMENTS IN REAR. INSTD TO STORE IN DESIGNATED AREA AND MAINTAIN
  Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS IMPROPERLY STORED ON OPEN BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS AND CONDIMENTS IN REAR. INSTD TO STORE IN DESIGNATED AREA AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARDS. INSTD TO WEAR BEARD RESTRAINTS AND MAINTAIN
  Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARDS. INSTD TO WEAR BEARD RESTRAINTS AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • DUST ACCUMULATION ON FANS OF WALK IN COOLER. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WALL, CEILING AND VENTS INBETWEEN COOKING LINE AND PIZZA OVEN WITH HEAVY DUST/GREASE ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Waldo Cooney's Pizza last inspected?

Waldo Cooney's Pizza has 25 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Waldo Cooney's Pizza vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 September 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.