La Estrella

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 10, 2026 →
• address3835 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is La Estrella clean?

La Estrella is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at La Estrella?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was La Estrella last inspected?

La Estrella has 28 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

La Estrella vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 32% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

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  cooked · September 15, 2014
• ✓ Natys Pizza 26
  cooked · June 16, 2014
• ✓ Subway
  clean · July 29, 2026
• ? Cinco Hermanas
  cooked · July 26, 2012
• ✓! Extreme Cream Ice Cream
  cooked · March 22, 2010

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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