Carniceria La Villa #2

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
• address5800 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Carniceria La Villa #2 clean?

Carniceria La Villa #2 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 30, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Carniceria La Villa #2?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNS AT HANDSINKS IN PREP AREA AND CUSTOMER RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDSINKS THROUGHOUT FACILITY.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED THERMOMETER IN HOT HOLD UNIT FOR CARNITAS NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRAINAGE TUBE FROM REFRIGERATION UNIT IN TAQUERIA AREA DRAINING INTO HANDSINK. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY DRAIN INTO FLOOR DRAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DRAINAGE TUBE FROM REFRIGERATION UNIT IN TAQUERIA AREA DRAINING INTO HANDSINK. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE AND PROPERLY DRAIN INTO FLOOR DRAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED COOKED RICE STORED IN NON-FOOD GRADE PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO USE ONLY FOOD GRADE PLASTIC BAGS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED WOODEN SHELVES IN TAQUERIA WITH BUILD UP OF GREASE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED FOODSPILLES ON INTERIOR OF COLD HOLD UNIT IN TAQUERIA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED RESTROOM DOOR JAMB TO BE DAMAGED EXPOSING DAMAGED RAW WOOD. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR DOOR AND LOCK AND MAINTAIN.

When was Carniceria La Villa #2 last inspected?

Carniceria La Villa #2 has 19 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Carniceria La Villa #2 vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.