Cocula Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 31, 2026
• address2801 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623

Is Cocula Restaurant clean?

Cocula Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 31, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cocula Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED FOOD SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET ON 2-COMPARTMENT AND UTILITY SINKS IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL SINKS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE AND BASEMENT AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL AREAS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Cocula Restaurant last inspected?

Cocula Restaurant has 32 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cocula Restaurant vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 43% of them.

Other spots in North Lawndale

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  clean · December 6, 2021
• ? Solid Gold Food & Liquors
  cooked · September 1, 2010
• ? Kentucky Fried Chicken
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• ? Kentucky Fried Chicken
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• ✓ B & A Supersub
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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 March 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.