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La Cocina
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2010
- address2518 W 26Th St, Chicago 60608
Is La Cocina clean?
La Cocina is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Cocina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. RAW WOOD BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER RIGHT OF ENTRANCE DOOR MUST SEAL/PAINT WITH A NON TOXIC PAINT/SEALANT.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • All food and non-food contact equipment and utensils shall be smooth, easily cleanable, and durable, and shall be in good repair. RAW WOOD BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER RIGHT OF ENTRANCE DOOR MUST SEAL/PAINT WITH A NON TOXIC PAINT/SEALANT.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS NOT CLEAN DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPTMENT,SEAL HOLED IN CORNER NEXT TO MEN'S WASHROOM.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS NOT CLEAN DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS BEHIND HEAVY EQUIPTMENT,SEAL HOLED IN CORNER NEXT TO MEN'S WASHROOM.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. ALL CEILING MUST BE CLEAN WITH OUT ANY OPENINGS, MUST SEAL ANY HOLES.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. ALL CEILING MUST BE CLEAN WITH OUT ANY OPENINGS, MUST SEAL ANY HOLES.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • The flow of air discharged from kitchen fans shall always be through a duct to a point above the roofline. MUST REPLACE EXHAUST SYSTEM IN KITCHEN OVER THE COOKING EQUIPTMENT, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM MUST COMPLETELY COVER ALL THE COOKING EQUIPTMENT, LENGTH AND WITH OF THE COOKING EQUIPTMENT.
When was La Cocina last inspected?
La Cocina has 2 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 5, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| April 15, 2010 | Pass |
La Cocina 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 April 15, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.