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La Fuente Restaurante #2
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 2, 2025
- address2946-2950 W 59Th St, Chicago 60629
Is La Fuente Restaurante #2 clean?
La Fuente Restaurante #2 is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 2, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at La Fuente Restaurante #2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASH SINK NEAR DISH WASH AREA NOT ACCESSIBLE WITH LARGE POT AND PLASTIC CONTAINER LIDS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TO MAKE SINK ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDWASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED IMPROPER STORAGE OF ICE SCOOPER BEING STORED ON TOP OF ICE IN THE ICE BIN AT THE BAR AREA AND AT THE ICE MACHINE IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN CONTAINERS IN PREP AND BAR AREAS WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN COOLER, PREP AREA AND BAR AREA UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED IN COOLER, PREP AREA AND BAR AREA UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED FOOD GRADE LIDS AND/OR COVERINGS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON FOOD PREP EQUIPMENT IN THE KITCHEN/PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
When was La Fuente Restaurante #2 last inspected?
La Fuente Restaurante #2 has 16 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| June 2, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 29, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 31, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2017 | Pass |
La Fuente Restaurante #2 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 0% 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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.