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La Catedral Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 3, 2026
- address2500 S Christiana Ave, Chicago 60623
Is La Catedral Cafe clean?
La Catedral Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Catedral Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was La Catedral Cafe last inspected?
La Catedral Cafe has 25 inspections on record going back to January 18, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 4, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 25, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
La Catedral Cafe vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, 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 June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.