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 • OBSERVED RESIDUE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ICE MACHINE.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED TORTILLAS STORED ON FLOOR IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED TORTILLAS STORED ON FLOOR IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT STORED ON FLOOR AND KNIVES STORED ON WALL ALONG 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS AND PROPERLY STORE IN SANITARY MANNER.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT STORED ON FLOOR AND KNIVES STORED ON WALL ALONG 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS AND PROPERLY STORE IN SANITARY MANNER.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS NOT INVERTED ON TOP OF HOT HOLDING UNIT IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS NOT INVERTED ON TOP OF HOT HOLDING UNIT IN RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE STOPPERS FOR ALL 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BULK CONTAINERS, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MEAT SPILLS AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR INSIDE REAR WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. • OBSERVED UNUSED ARTICLES, SLICERS, PROPANE TANKS, ETC STORED IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

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 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ✓ Quima
  clean · April 12, 2011
• ? Db's Gyros
  cooked · September 15, 2014
• ✓ Natys Pizza 26
  clean · June 16, 2014
• ✕ Subway
  cooked · July 21, 2026
• ? Cinco Hermanas
  cooked · July 26, 2012
• ✓! Extreme Cream Ice Cream
  mid · 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.

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.