La Feria Grocery

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 22, 2026
• address9704 S Commercial Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is La Feria Grocery clean?

La Feria Grocery is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at La Feria Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(O) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-601.11 OBSERVED NO LABELS WITH BUSINESS NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE PREPACKAGED RAW MEATS FOR SALE AT THE REACH IN COOLER AND NO INGREDIENTS INCLUDED ON THE LABEL FOR THE GRAB AND GO GUACAMOLE AND NO LABELS WITH BUSINESS NAME, BUSINESS ADDRESS AND INGREDIENTS FOR THE GRAB AND GO SALSAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-501.111 OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY ON SITE. OBSERVED ABOUT 50 RODENT DROPPINGS LOCATED UNDER THE REAR PREP AREA HANDWASHING SINK, AND ABOUT 30 RODENT DROPPINGS LOCATED ON THE SMALL SHELF THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE PEST ACTIVITY, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED IN GROCERY BAGS LOCATED IN THE REACH IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO USE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS ONLY TO STORE FOODS.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-502.13 OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS BEING STORED IN GROCERY BAGS LOCATED IN THE REACH IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO USE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS ONLY TO STORE FOODS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.17 OBSERVED A RAW WOOD SURFACE ON THE SHELVES LOCATED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL RAW WOOD OR REPLACE WITH AN EASILY CLEANABLE SMOOTH SURFACE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14 OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO PROPERLY TEST THE SANITIZING COMPARTMENT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005. • 4-603.15 OBSERVED LARGE POTS ON SITE TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED INTO THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE LARGE EQUIPMENT OR INSTALL A LARGER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK THAT FITS THE LARGEST EQUIPMENT ON SITE OR PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING RINSING AND SANITIZING ALL LARGE EQUIPMENT AND CLEAN IN PLACE EQUIPMENT (MEAT SLICER).
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14 OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON SITE TO PROPERLY TEST THE SANITIZING COMPARTMENT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005. • 4-603.15 OBSERVED LARGE POTS ON SITE TOO LARGE TO BE SUBMERGED INTO THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE LARGE EQUIPMENT OR INSTALL A LARGER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK THAT FITS THE LARGEST EQUIPMENT ON SITE OR PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE ON WASHING RINSING AND SANITIZING ALL LARGE EQUIPMENT AND CLEAN IN PLACE EQUIPMENT (MEAT SLICER).
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.13 OBSERVED CRACKS AND CEVICES ON THE WALLS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL AND MAKE ALL SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was La Feria Grocery last inspected?

La Feria Grocery has 19 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

La Feria Grocery vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 June 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.