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La Cantina Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 7, 2026
- address1911 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60616
Is La Cantina Grill clean?
La Cantina Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Cantina Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN: PREP TABLES (TOPS AND BOTTOMS), EXTERIOR SURFACES OF FRYERS AND OTHER COOKING EQUIPMENT, UNDER GRILLS AND SHELVES INSIDE OF REFRIGERATION UNITS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN UNDER DISHMACHINE TO REMOVE STANDING WATER. CLEAN VENTS IN WASHROOMS ON CEILING TO REMOVE LIGHT DUST OBSERVED.
When was La Cantina Grill last inspected?
La Cantina Grill has 19 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 21, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 27, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
La Cantina Grill vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.