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La Flor Michoacana
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJune 9, 2025
- address1045 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622
Is La Flor Michoacana clean?
La Flor Michoacana is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Flor Michoacana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( milk, Deli...) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hand soap provided at all the prep/ dish areas hand wash sinks, Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c) • No Paper Towels provided at all hand wash sinks, Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030 ( citations combined )
- ⚠️Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • Spoiled gallon of milk found in front prep cooler with 5-25-25 date, foul odors and sign of spoilage noted. Instructed not to keep spoiled food in prep cooler. Priority violation 7-38-005. Milk discarded.criticalFood In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulterated • Spoiled gallon of milk found in front prep cooler with 5-25-25 date, foul odors and sign of spoilage noted. Instructed not to keep spoiled food in prep cooler. Priority violation 7-38-005. Milk discarded.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • No food temperature measuring devices on site, No thermometer instructed to obtain. priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
When was La Flor Michoacana last inspected?
La Flor Michoacana has 3 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2023 | — |
La Flor Michoacana vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.