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CHICAGO PIZZA FIESTA

4946 W DIVERSEY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60639 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

CHICAGO PIZZA FIESTA has been inspected 3 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since December 15, 2023. The most recent inspection, on March 4, 2025, found no infractions.

2 of 3 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene, Food temperature control and Pests.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 2 times on December 27, 2023. For example: PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS

  • Food temperature controlHigher risk

    Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.

    Recorded 2 times on December 27, 2023. For example: PROPER COOLING METHODS USED; ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded 2 times on December 27, 2023. For example: INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 2 times on December 27, 2023. For example: CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded once on December 27, 2023. For example: NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

3 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. License

    19 infractions

    • 5. PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS
      • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA SPILL KIT WITH PROCEDURE AND SPRAY EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES VOMIT AND DIARRHEA SPILL KIT WITH PROCEDURE AND SPRAY EFFECTIVE AGAINST NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO POST HANDASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS.
    • 33. PROPER COOLING METHODS USED; ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
      • OBSERVED ONE COLD HOLDING UNIT OUT OF FOUR MAINTAINED AT 41F. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COLD HOLDING EQUIPMENT FOR HOLDING COLD FOOD IN SUFFICIENT NUMBER AND CAPACITY TO PROVIDE FOOD TEMPERATURES OF 41F AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005
    • 36. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED & ACCURATE
      • OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON PREMISES TO ENSURE ATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FOOD TEMPERATURES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 MOUSE DROPPINGS ON SMALL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LOCATED NEXT TO LARGE MIXER, ON INTERIOR BASE OF THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR, ON INTERIOR BASE OF TWO DOOR FREEZER AND UNDERNEATH UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE MOUSE ACTIVITY, REMOVE DROPPINGS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED EQUIPMENT AND CLEAN FLOOR UNDERNEATH UTILITY SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(A)
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • OBSERVED OPENING AT RIGHT SIDE BASE OF REAR EXIT DOOR AND OPENING ABOVE REAR EXIT DOOR COVERED WITH BUCKET. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS TO PREVENT PEST ENTRANCE.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON RIGHT SIDE OF HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SPLASH GUARD ON RIGHT SIDE OF HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS.
    • 39. CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY
      • OBSERVED NO BARRIER TO PREVENT CUSTOMERS FROM ENTERING WESTSIDE ENTRYWAY INTO PREP AREA OF KITCHEN INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL BARRIER TO PROTECT FOOD PREP AREA FROM CONTAMINATION BY PUBLIC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED DAMAGED GASKETS ON MULTIPLE DOORS OF COLD HOLDING UNITS. ALL DOORS THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR AND ALL DOORS ON BOTH TWO DOOR FREEZERS NEXT TO THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS ON DOORS OF COLD HOLDING UNITS AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED MISSING LOWER DOOR HANDLE ON PIZZA OVEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING DOOR HANDLE ON PIZZA OVEN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • OBSERVED RUST ON SHELVES OF THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR, SHELVES OF BOTH TWO DOOR FREEZERS AND SHELVES OF TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST AND SMOOTHLY REPAINT SHELVES FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
    • 49. NON-FOOD/FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
      • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON EXTERIOR OF LARGE MIXER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SPILLAGE AND DEBRIS AT BASE OF ALL LARGE REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS ON EASTSIDE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA AND LOSSE COLD WATER KNOB OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAKING FAUCET OF HANDWASHING SINK AND LOOSE COLD WATER KNOB OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN
    • 51. PLUMBING INSTALLED; PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
      • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK FAUCET. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK FAUCET SO THAT IT SHALL BE EASILY LOCATED AND SERVICED.
    • 53. TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, & CLEANED
      • OBSERVED DIRT ON TOILET IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 54. GARBAGE & REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
      • OBSERVED NO COMMERICAL DUMPSTER FOR FACILITY ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COMMERICAL DUMPSTER WITH COMMERICAL REFUSE REMOVAL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B)
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED SPILLAGE ON WALLS AND DEBRIS ALONG BASES OF WALL AND ON FLOOR BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PREP TABLE ON WESTSIDE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED PANS AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH COLD HOLDING UNITS ON EASTSIDE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDERNEATH COLD HOLDING UNITS ON EASTSIDE WALL AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT ON FLOOR AND WINDOWSILL IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR AND WINDOWSILL IN WASHROOM. OBSERVED SOILED FLOOR AND ALONG BASES OF WALL UNDERNEATH THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED SPLASHES ON WALL IN DISHWASHING AREA ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND AROUND HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
    • 55. PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN
      • OBSERVED MULTIPLE MISSING VENT COVERS ON HEATING SYSTEM DUCTS IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL MISSING VENT COVERS ON HEATING SYSTEM DUCTS AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED HOLE IN WALL ABOVE REAR EXIT DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVER FOR HOLE IN WALL ABOVE DOOR. OBSERVED HOLES IN FLOOR IN KITCHEN IN FRONT OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, IN FRONT OF THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR AND UNDERNEATH PREP TABLE NEAR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR DAMAGED FLOOR THROUGHOUT FACILITY AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES NEAR WINDOW ON WESTSIDE AND DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN BOTH NORTHSIDE CORNERS IN DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE STAINED AND DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN DINING AREA.
    • 56. ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED
      • OBSERVED MISSING LIGHTS IN THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR, BOTH TWO DOOR REFRIGERATORS AND TWO DOOR FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL MISSING LIGHTS TO INCREASE LIGHT INTENSITY IN COLD HOLDING UNITS.
    • 56. ADEQUATE VENTILATION & LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS USED
      • OBSERVED DUST ON DUCT VENT COVER ABOVE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN DUCT VENT COVER AND MAINTAIN.
  3. License

    0 infractions

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