La Iguanita

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 6, 2026
• address3733 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632

Is La Iguanita clean?

La Iguanita is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 6, 2026. 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED ALL NECESSARY ITEMS NOT ON PREMISES FOR COMPLYING WITH PROCEDURE AVAILABLE ON SITE WHEN EMPLOYEES RESPOND TO VOMITTING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON PREMISES ALL NECESSARY ITEMS TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITTING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO LEFT SPLASH GUARD ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NEXT TO UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT SPLASH GUARD ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NEXT TO UTILITY SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF PREP SURFACES, EQUIPMENT OR FOOD.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO LEFT SPLASH GUARD ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NEXT TO UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT SPLASH GUARD ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK NEXT TO UTILITY SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF PREP SURFACES, EQUIPMENT OR FOOD.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DAMAGED GASKET ON LEFT DOOR OF SMALL TWO DOOR COLD HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED GASKET ON SMALL TWO DOOR COLD HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING COLD WATER KNOB ON FAUCETS OF HANDWASHING SINKS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAKING COLD WATER KNOBS ON FAUCETS OF HANDWASHING SINKS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND WASHROOM AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED LEAKING DRAINPIPE UNDERNEATH LEFT COMPARTMENT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAKING DRAINPIPE UNDERNEATH LEFT COMPARTMENT OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF BOTH HOODS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF BOTH HOODS INFRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF BOTH HOODS IN FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF BOTH HOODS INFRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS AND MAINTAIN.

When was La Iguanita last inspected?

La Iguanita has 1 inspection on record going back to July 6, 2026.

La Iguanita 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.

Other spots in Brighton Park

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• ✓ Chris's Bakery
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• ? Taqueria El Carmen Inc
  cooked · November 12, 2015
• ? Club Antoinette
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• ✓ Lugano's Pizza
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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 July 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.