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La Costa
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2017
- address3119 N Central Ave, Chicago 60634
Is La Costa clean?
La Costa is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 10, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Costa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE INOPERABLE LIGHT BULBS INSIDE 4 DOOR PREP COOLER IN REAR PREP/COOKING AREA (ACROSS COOKING EQUIPMENT) AND LIGHT BULB IN KITCHEN HOOD (REAR PREP AREA).
When was La Costa last inspected?
La Costa has 12 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 11, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| October 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2016 | Fail | |
| April 27, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 26, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2013 | — | |
| August 6, 2012 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2012 | — |
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 43% 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 October 10, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.