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La Cecina
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026
- address1536 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is La Cecina clean?
La Cecina is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Cecina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANIN TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAINContamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANIN TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD AND GREASE BUILD UP: FRYERS, FLAT TOP, PREP TABLES, SHELVES AT PREP TABLES, INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLERS AND REACH IN FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS THROUGH OUT ALL PREP AREAS AND STORAGE AREAS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FILTERS IN HOOD VENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAINAdequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • FILTERS IN HOOD VENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
When was La Cecina last inspected?
La Cecina has 18 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
La Cecina vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 February 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.