Pazza Pizza

1543 N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60610

Passed · Mar 20, 2025 Directions
80
Good BiteKarma score 80 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 7 of 12 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Mar 20, 2025: passed with 5 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Insects, rodents, and animals not present, cited 7 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 12 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Mar 20

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Oct 10

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    1 violation
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
  5. Failed Oct 1

    Complaint

    8 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
  6. Passed May 22

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food properly labeled; original container

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