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Aranda Mexican Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 30, 2026
- address6706 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Aranda Mexican Restaurant clean?
Aranda Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Aranda Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED EXPIRED STUFFED PEPPERS WITH CHEESE WITH A DATE MARKED 4-3-2026 IN REFRIGERATOR. ALSO OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING EXPIRED READY TO EAT FOODS SUCH AS COOKED AL PASTOR DATED 4-17-26, COOKED CHORIZO WITH A DATE 4-9-26, COOKED PORK SKIN WITH A DATE 3-3-26 AND COOKED CORN WITH SQUASH DATED 4-4-2026. COOKED/READY TO EAT FOODS CAN BE HELD FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.FOOD DISCARDED. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 25 LBS AT A COST OF $250.00.
When was Aranda Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Aranda Mexican Restaurant has 15 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 26, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 15, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 19, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 7, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Aranda Mexican Restaurant vs Montclare
Montclare runs 35% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 35 mid, 192 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 62% 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 April 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.