Carniceria Aguacalientes

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 6, 2026
• address3132 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Carniceria Aguacalientes clean?

Carniceria Aguacalientes is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Carniceria Aguacalientes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUP AND BOWL USED AS DISPENSING UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS TO PROTECT FOOD FROM CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED ICE SCOOP HANDLE LAYING ON ICE INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOP HANDLE UPRIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUP AND BOWL USED AS DISPENSING UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS TO PROTECT FOOD FROM CONTAMINATION. OBSERVED ICE SCOOP HANDLE LAYING ON ICE INSIDE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE ICE SCOOP HANDLE UPRIGHT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-903.11 (A;B;D): OBSERVED LARGE MULTI-USE POTS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND ELEVATE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS OFF FLOOR.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-903.11 (A;B;D): OBSERVED LARGE MULTI-USE POTS STORED ON FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND ELEVATE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 OBSERVED DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS ON LIQUOR WALK-IN COOLER DOOR AND REACH-IN COOLER ALONG EAST WALL IN SALES AREA. OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP IN CHEST FREEZERS IN SECOND FLOOR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15 OBSERVED SEVERAL LARGE POTS, CONTAINERS AND EQUIPMENT TOO LARGE TO SUBMERGE IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO PROPERLY, WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL LARGE EQUIPMENT.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-603.15 OBSERVED SEVERAL LARGE POTS, CONTAINERS AND EQUIPMENT TOO LARGE TO SUBMERGE IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO PROPERLY, WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL LARGE EQUIPMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 OBSERVED MISSING GROUT ON FLOOR TILES AND DAMAGED FLOOR TILES NEAR REAR EXIT DOOR IN KITCHEN. OBSERVED MISSING CEILING TILES IN SECOND FLOOR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE ALL MISSING AND DAMAGED FLOOR AND CEILING TILES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Carniceria Aguacalientes last inspected?

Carniceria Aguacalientes has 37 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Carniceria Aguacalientes vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ? Gaytan Grocery Store
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• ✓ Supermercado Cuauhtemoc Inc
  clean · June 5, 2026
• ? Hacienda De Los Gutierez
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• ✓ La Estrella Supermarket
  clean · July 19, 2010
• ? Naranjito Michoacano
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• ✓ Trevino's Liquors Inc
  clean · March 15, 2013

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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 July 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.