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La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
- address2517 W 51St St, Chicago 60632
Is La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp. clean?
La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN DISPLAY COOLER UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN DISPLAY COOLER UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MISSING DOOR HANDLE TO COLD HOLD UNIT IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE. • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IMPROPERLY IN PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS IN THE FREEZER AND DISPLAY COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND/OR CONTAINERS ONLY.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN TOILET SEAT IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. • OBSERVED CHIPPED PAINT ON THE CEILING IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE AND REPAINT TO MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp. last inspected?
La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp. has 11 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2015 | Pass |
La Costena Ice Cream Shop Corp. vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.