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La Altena
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 27, 2025
- address8827 S Escanaba Ave, Chicago 60617
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is La Altena clean?
La Altena is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Altena?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED KNIFE BEING STORED BETWEEN HANDSINK AND WALL. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE UTENSIL BETWEEN SINK AND WALL. MANAGER CORRECTED AND HAD UTENSIL WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED KNIFE BEING STORED BETWEEN HANDSINK AND WALL. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE UTENSIL BETWEEN SINK AND WALL. MANAGER CORRECTED AND HAD UTENSIL WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARDS IN FRESH MEAT DEPARTMENT IN NEED OF REPLACING. WORN WITH DEEP CUTS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was La Altena last inspected?
La Altena has 23 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 25, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2017 | Pass |
La Altena vs Calumet Heights
Calumet Heights runs 73% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 28 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Calumet Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.