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La Iguanita Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 5, 2025
- address3733 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632
Is La Iguanita Restaurant clean?
La Iguanita Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Iguanita Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HANDWASH SINK IN REAR PREP AREA NOT ACCESSIBLE, EQUIPMENT IN BASIN OF SINK. INSTD TO HAVE BASIN CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDWASHING AT ALL TIMES. EQUIPMENT REMOVED DURING INSPECTION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C) PRIORITY FOUNDATION • NO HANDWASH CLEANSER AT HANDWASH SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AT HANDWASH SINK AT ALL TIMES. SOAP PROVIDED DURING INSPECTION. SEE ABOVE FOR VIOLATION ISSUED. 7-38-030(C) PRIORITY FOUNDATION • NO HAND DRYING PROVISION AT HANDWASH SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AT HANDWASH SINK AT ALL TIMES. PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED DURING INSPECTION. SEE ABOVE FOR VIOLATION ISSUED. 7-38-030(C) PRIORITY FOUNDATION
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE. INSTD TO INSTALL BACKFLOW ON ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • ICE MACHINE IMPROPERLY DRAINING INTO BUCKET. INSTD TO HAVE PROPERLY DRAINING INTO FLOOR DRAIN AND MAINTAINSewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • ICE MACHINE IMPROPERLY DRAINING INTO BUCKET. INSTD TO HAVE PROPERLY DRAINING INTO FLOOR DRAIN AND MAINTAIN
When was La Iguanita Restaurant last inspected?
La Iguanita Restaurant has 16 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| August 5, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 22, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 2, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 8, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2015 | Fail |
La Iguanita Restaurant vs Brighton Park
Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 August 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.