Cafeteria Yesenia

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2026 →
• address4244 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Cafeteria Yesenia clean?

Cafeteria Yesenia is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafeteria Yesenia?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was Cafeteria Yesenia last inspected?

Cafeteria Yesenia has 21 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cafeteria Yesenia vs New City

New City runs 74% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 170 clean, 44 mid, 17 cooked.

Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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