Diego

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 14, 2025
• address459 N Ogden Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Diego clean?

Diego is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Diego?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • No chemical sanitizer provide at final rinse for low temp dish machine, 0ppm obtained on Cl test strips, empty sanitizer container hocked to machine, instructed to provide proper sanitizer concentration at final rinse. Priority violation 7-38-025. by the end of inspection manager obtained a sanitizer container.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • No variance on site for vacuum packaging on site, found several cooked meat in vacuum packages placed in walk-in cooler and and pre cooler, a cryovac machine found in basement. Instructed manager not to use machine until a variance from the CDPH IS OBTAINED. MACHINE IS TAGGED AND FOOD DISCARDED. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • refer to violation #29.
  Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • refer to violation #29.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • No thermometer provided in basement's walk-in cooler, Instructed to provide.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • No labels on bulk food containers ( salt ) instructed to provide.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Deli cups not air dried after washing and stacking, Instructed to air dry all multi-use utensils.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Deli cups not air dried after washing and stacking, Instructed to air dry all multi-use utensils.

When was Diego last inspected?

Diego has 2 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2024.

Diego vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.