La Michoacana

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 13, 2017
• address4819 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639

Is La Michoacana clean?

La Michoacana is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 13, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at La Michoacana?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET FOR NEW EMPLOYEE.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN
  Food Handler Requirements Met • IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET FOR NEW EMPLOYEE.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE POSTED TO VIEW AND NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON DUTY WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED,HANDLED AND SERVED SUCH AS (CORN,CUT STRAWBERRIES,YOGURT,SANDWICHES)MUST PROVIDE AND POST FOOD MANAGERS CERTIFICATE AND BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.(SERIOUS 7-38-012)
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • OBSERVED NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO VIEW TO ALL CUSTOMERS.A NEW SUMMARY REPORT WILL BE GIVEN TO POST AT THIS TIME,(SERIOUS 7-42-010B)
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • OBSERVED NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO VIEW TO ALL CUSTOMERS.A NEW SUMMARY REPORT WILL BE GIVEN TO POST AT THIS TIME,(SERIOUS 7-42-010B)
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORGINAL PACKAGE.MUST LABEL REPACKAGED SNACKS FOR SALE WITH PROPER INFO GIVEN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORGINAL PACKAGE.MUST LABEL REPACKAGED SNACKS FOR SALE WITH PROPER INFO GIVEN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM SHELVING UNITS IN REAR PREP AREA.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE LIGHT FIXTURE SHIELD IN FRONT PREP AREA.

When was La Michoacana last inspected?

La Michoacana has 6 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2013.

La Michoacana vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Hermosa

• ✓ Armitage Courtyard Cafe
  clean · November 23, 2016
• ✓ Que Rico Supermercado
  clean · January 21, 2014
• ✓ Wendy's
  clean · February 5, 2015
• ✓ St Joseph Village Of Chicago
  clean · February 14, 2025
• ✓! Rolando Taco's
  mid · January 11, 2023
• ✓! La Marquesa
  mid · March 22, 2017

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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 13, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.