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La Azteca Produce
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 14, 2025
- address7067-7069 N Clark St, Chicago 60626
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is La Azteca Produce clean?
La Azteca Produce is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Azteca Produce?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER THE DISPLAY COOLER, ICE MACHINE AND PREP AREA.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDEAll Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE COMPARTMENTS NOT CLEAN ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR BY THE DOOR OF THE DISPLAY COOLER AT BUTCHER'S AREA. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AS FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE DISPLAY COOLER AT BUTCHER'S AREA. MUST USE WASHABLE CONTAINERS OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS. MUST REPLACE. • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL RAW WOODEN SHELVING THROUGHOUT MUST BE PAINTED/SEALED, SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
When was La Azteca Produce last inspected?
La Azteca Produce has 22 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2018 | Pass |
La Azteca Produce vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, 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 April 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.