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La Choza Mexican Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 7, 2025
- address7022 N Clark St, Chicago 60626
Is La Choza Mexican Grill clean?
La Choza Mexican Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Choza Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE ICE BIN BY THE EDGE OF DOOR NOT CLEAN. BEGINING OF MINERAL BUILD-UP. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • A BUCKET WITH SANITIZE SOLUTION AND LINEN MUST BE PROVIDED AT PREP TABLES
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B) MUST NOT USE ALUMINUM FOIL AS LINER FOR COOKING EQUIPMENT(SHELF ABOVE STOVE). MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE. • ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS, UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND EQUIPMENT SURFACES BEHIND COOKING LINE.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND DRY BLOOD SPILLED INSIDE REACH-IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKING FAUCET AT BASE OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK.REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE BASE NECK OF FAUCET AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IS PROFUSELY LEAKING.REPAIR ISSUE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DEBRIS UNDER SHELVES AND GREASE UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN, PREP AREA AND STORAGE AREA.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • ACCUMULATED DUST ON CEILING VENT COVERS IN DINING AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was La Choza Mexican Grill last inspected?
La Choza Mexican Grill has 24 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
La Choza Mexican Grill 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 68% 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 March 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.