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La Condesa
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 25, 2025
- address1003 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622
Is La Condesa clean?
La Condesa is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Condesa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcriticalNo Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed • Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods. Observed a food handler grabbing tomatoes, bread and cheese with bare hands when assembling food items. Instructed manager not to handle such foods with bare hands. Priority violation 7-38-010.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • Using deli cups as a scoop for bulk food container. instructed to use proper scoops.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • Unable to locate backflow prevention device for basement ice maker, Instructed to install in a clean view area.
When was La Condesa last inspected?
La Condesa has 29 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 20, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 7, 2018 | Pass |
La Condesa vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 August 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.