Sbarro
66 West Towne MALL, Madison, WI 53719 · Dane County
Establishment
- Type
- Restaurant (retail food serving meals) (Primarily Restaurant)
- Inspected by
- Public Health Madison & Dane County
- License / ID
- LICFDD-2018-00370
- Official record
- Public Health Madison & Dane County inspection reports
Year by year
| Year | Inspections | Violations | Serious |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections
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Feb 27, 2026 Re-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER - Not Corrected
There is no certified food protection manager for the establishment.
Correction: Provide a certified food protection manager.
Code WFC 12-201.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
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Feb 13, 2026 Routine Inspection · Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER
There is no certified food protection manager for the establishment.
Correction: Provide a certified food protection manager.
Code WFC 12-201.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Repeat
DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING
Cheesecake, meatballs, pasta, and mozzarella cheese being cold held in walk in cooler are not datemarked. Chicken being cold held in pizza prep cooler has a datemark that exceeds 7 days.
Correction: Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the alloted 7 days.
Code WFC 3-501.18
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
EMPLOYEE HEALTH REPORTING
Documentation not available to verify employees have been informed they must report symptoms, lesions containing pus, diagnosis of foodborne illness, and situations of exposure to foodborne illness to the person in charge.
Correction: Person in charge shall inform or retrain food employees on required reporting of symptoms, lesions containing pus, diagnosis of foodborne illness and situations of exposure to foodborne illness.
Code WFC 2-201.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
Corrected on site
FOOD - THAWING
Bag of frozen pre-cooked chicken improperly thawed. It was in a tray across from the ice machine.
Correction: Adjust procedures or methods to properly thaw foods under refrigeration, submerged in running water, or in a microwave as part of a continuous cooking process.
Code WFC 3-501.13
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Repeat
HANDSINK - ACCESSIBLE/CONVENIENT
Handsink next to pizza prep cooler is blocked by a cart and not accessible. Wiping cloth bucket is inside handsink near register and is inaccessible.
Correction: Provide an accessible handsink to facilitate handwashing by food employees.
Code WFC 5-203.11; 5-204.11; 5-205.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
HANDWASHING - DRYING
No single-use toweling or approved hand drying device available at handsink for hand drying across from ice machine.
Correction: Provide single-use toweling or an approved hand drying device at handsink to facilitate proper handwashing. Paper towel dispenser is in disrepair.
Code WFC 6-301.12
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
TEMPERATURE - HOT HOLDING
Potato wedges in steam table are being hot held at 95 degrees F.
Correction: Maintain hot TCS foods at or above 135 degrees F.
Code WFC 3-501.16
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
TEMPERATURE - COLD HOLDING
Many food items in pizza prep top cooler are being cold held above 41 degrees F: Mozzarella cheese 47F, pizza sauce 44F, pepperoni 48F, sausage 46F, liquid eggs 53F, ricotta cheese 54F. Ambient air temperature of cooler is 58 degrees F.
Correction: Maintain cold TCS foods at or below 41 degrees F.
Code WFC 3-501.16
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL
Time as a public health control is used for pizzas, stromboli, and caesar salad. The written plan for using time as a public health control is not being followed. Timers are not being used to track time prepared/discard times. A timer is not available for use with caesar salad. After times were added to some pizzas (see action taken below), the pizzas were not discarded according to the plan.
Correction: The written plan for time as a public health control shall be followed. Operator shall monitor the process.
Code WFC 3-501.19
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
Corrected on site
WIPING CLOTHS
Wet wiping cloths improperly stored in quaternary ammonium solution at 0 ppm.
Correction: Store wiping cloths in a container of sanitizer solution when not in use.
Code WFC 3-304.14
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
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Dec 20, 2024 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING
Diced chicken locataed on the bottom side of the prep cooler being cold held is not datemarked.
Correction: Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the alloted 7 days.
Code WFC 3-501.18
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
HANDSINK - ACCESSIBLE/CONVENIENT
Hand sink by register and hand sink near dough station were both blocked. Register handsink had a sanitizer bucket in it and dough area hand sink was blocked by a cart.
Correction: Provide an accessible handsink to facilitate handwashing by food employees.
Code WFC 5-203.11; 5-204.11; 5-205.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
RESPONDING TO CONTAMINATION EVENTS
The food establishment does not have procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events.
Correction: Provide procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events.
Code WFC 2-501.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
SANITIZER TEST KIT
The test strips for quaternary ammonia are expired.
Correction: Provide a test kit or other device for accurately measuring the concentration of sanitizing solutions.
Code WFC 4-302.14
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
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Jan 23, 2023 Re-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Jan 17, 2023 Routine Inspection · Reinspection Required
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
CLEAN - FREQUENCY/CONTAMINATION
Cutting boards, spatulas, and tongs used with TCS food not cleaned at least every 4 hours
Correction: Wash, rinse, then sanitize food contact surfaces used with TCS food at least every 4 hours and any time contamination has occurred.
Code WFC 4-602.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
CLEANABLE - NONFOOD SURFACE
Cardboard under pasta cooker is soiled and not easily cleanable.
Correction: Provide non-food contact surfaces that are constructed of corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth materials.
Code WFC 4-101.19
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING
Cheesecake, ham, sauces and several other ready to eat foods being cold held are not date marked. Date marking stickers are not available.
Correction: Obtain date marking stickers. Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the alloted 7 days.
Code WFC 3-501.18
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
EMPLOYEE HEALTH REPORTING
Employees have not been informed they must report symptoms, lesions containing pus, diagnosis of foodborne illness, and situations of exposure to foodborne illness to the person in charge.
Correction: Person in charge shall inform or retrain food employees on required reporting of symptoms, lesions containing pus, diagnosis of foodborne illness and situations of exposure to foodborne illness.
Code WFC 2-201.11
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
Corrected on site
FOOD - THAWING
Spinach is improperly thawed in back handsink.
Correction: Adjust procedures or methods to properly thaw foods under refrigeration, submerged in running water, or in a microwave as part of a continuous cooking process.
Code WFC 3-501.13
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
GOOD REPAIR - PLUMBING
3 compartment sink is leaking.
Correction: Repair the plumbing system to conform to the State Uniform Plumbing Code.
Code WFC 5-205.15
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
HANDSINK - ACCESSIBLE/CONVENIENT
Front handsink is blocked by cart and wiping cloth bucket stored in basin. Back handsink is blocked with thawing food in basin.
Correction: Provide an accessible handsink to facilitate handwashing by food employees.
Code WFC 5-203.11; 5-204.11; 5-205.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
SANITIZATION - CHEMICAL
The quaternary sanitizer concentration from the auto dispenser is less than 150ppm.
Correction: Repair unit. Use test strips to measure proper sanitizer concentration and adjust the concentration accordingly. Provide training to employees on proper use and concentration of sanitizer.
Code WFC 4-501.114
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
TEMPERATURE - COOLING
Sauce at 51F after more than 4 hours cooling.
Correction: Rapidly cool cooked food from 135 degrees F to 41 degrees F or less within six hours, provided the food cools from 135 degrees F to 70 degrees F within two hours. TCS food prepared from ambient temperature ingredients shall be cooled within four hours to 41 degrees F or less. Cool foods uncovered in walk-in cooler.
Code WFC 3-501.14
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Not serious
Good Retail Practice
THERMOMETER - MISSING STEM
No working thermometer is present for monitoring internal food temperatures (0-220 degrees F range).
Correction: Provide and use a thermometer capable of taking internal food temperatures.
Code WFC 4-302.12
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL
Timers are not being used with foods using time control plan. Food items were not discarded within 4 hours.
Correction: Follow written plan for time as a public health control and maintain the documentation onsite.
Code WFC 3-501.19
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
Corrected on site
TOXICS - SEPARATION
Spray bottles filled with chemicals are stored over splash guard of front handsink and hung over shelf with food and single use articles.
Correction: Rearrange area so that toxic materials are stored below or away from food, equipment and single service items.
Code WFC 7-201.11; 7-301.11
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Serious
Priority (CDC risk factor)
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Jul 20, 2021 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Apr 2, 2019 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Apr 2, 2019 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
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Jun 27, 2018 Pre-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
No violations cited.
Source: Public Health Madison & Dane County. History last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is the inspector's wording. “Serious” is the source's own top tier. About this data.