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LEONA'S PIZZERIA
4237 N CICERO AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60641
Health Inspection: good
Official health department data. Inspected 2025-03-07; refreshed 2026-10-12. May lag the official record. Check the official source
4 findings at the latest imported inspection (2025-03-07), classified as noncritical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2025-03-07: Recent Inspection
Pass
- Not Critical: CHI-33 — PROPER COOLING METHODS USED; ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL - Comments: 3-501.15(B): OBSERVED MEATBALLS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER STORED COVERED BY PLASTIC WRAP WHILE COOLING. INSTRUCTED TO STORE TCS FOOD ITEMS LOOSELY-COVERED OR UNCOVERED (IF PROTECTED FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION) WHILE COOLING AND MAINTAINING.
- Not Critical: CHI-39 — CONTAMINATION PREVENTED DURING FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE & DISPLAY - Comments: 3-307.11: OBSERVED SINGLE-USE PLASTIC CUPS USED AS SCOOPS IN SAUCE CONTAINERS IN THE 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC CUPS AND REPLACE WITH MULTI-USE UTENSILS WITH HANDLES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION WHILE SCOOPING AND MAINTAINING.
- Not Critical: CHI-55 — PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: 6-501.12: OBSERVED FLOORS BENEATH DEEP FRYERS IN THE FRONT PREP AREA HEAVILY SOILED WITH GREASE AND DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS BENEATH DEEP FRYERS AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF GREASE AND OTHER SOILS ANDD MAINTAIN.
- Not Critical: CHI-64 — MISCELLANEOUS / PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS - Comments: 4-8-039 - Shared kitchen user license OBSERVED LEONA'S OPERATING AS A SHARED KITCHEN USER. FOUND LEASING SPACE FROM BUSINESS ROMA'S WITHOUT PROPER SHARED KITCHEN LICENSING. (a) (1) Shared kitchen user license required – Covered activities. A shared kitchen user license under this section shall be required to engage in any of the following business activities ("covered business activities"): (1) shared kitchen long-term user or (2) shared kitchen short-term user. The business activity authorized under the shared kitchen user license shall be indicated on the face of such license.
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