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Juanita's Mexican Food
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 15, 2026
- address2955 W 59Th St, Chicago 60629
Is Juanita's Mexican Food clean?
Juanita's Mexican Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Juanita's Mexican Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GRIME AND FOOD DEBRIS IN GASKETS OF COLD HOLD UNITS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN'S RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED RECEPTACLE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN'S RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED RECEPTACLE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SEVERELY WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN REAR STORAGE ROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DUST AND DEBRIS ON SURFACES THROUGHOUT COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN; WALLS, CEILING, FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Juanita's Mexican Food last inspected?
Juanita's Mexican Food has 25 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| April 23, 2026 | — | |
| April 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2025 | — | |
| September 27, 2024 | — | |
| August 8, 2024 | — | |
| December 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2023 | — | |
| September 12, 2023 | — | |
| November 17, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Juanita's Mexican Food vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 July 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.