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La Costa
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 4, 2026
- address3119-3121 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634
Is La Costa clean?
La Costa is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Costa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED NO LABEL ON FOOD OUT OF ORIGINAL PACKAGING SUCH AS SOY SAUCE, LIME JUICE AND HOT SAUCE. MUST PROVIDE COMMON NAME ON CONTAINER TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED DIRECTLY IN ICE BIN WHEN NOT IN USE. MUST STORE IN CLEAN DRY CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED DIRECTLY IN ICE BIN WHEN NOT IN USE. MUST STORE IN CLEAN DRY CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED PLATES, BOWLS AND UTENSILS STORED FACING UP. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ITEMS INVERTED.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED PLATES, BOWLS AND UTENSILS STORED FACING UP. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ITEMS INVERTED.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON TOILET ROOM DOOR LOCATED IN KITCHEN PREP AREA.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON TOILET ROOM DOOR LOCATED IN KITCHEN PREP AREA.
- ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FROM LAST INSPECTION ON 4-16-2025 REPORT #2615868. INSTRUCTED TO POST RECENT SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-010(B). CITATION ISSUED.Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • SUMMARY REPORT NOT POSTED VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FROM LAST INSPECTION ON 4-16-2025 REPORT #2615868. INSTRUCTED TO POST RECENT SUMMARY REPORT VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-010(B). CITATION ISSUED.
When was La Costa last inspected?
La Costa has 15 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 23, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
La Costa vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.