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La Michoacana
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 24, 2025
- address4357-4359 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639
Is La Michoacana clean?
La Michoacana is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 24, 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 Michoacana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND SOAP AVAILABLE AT HANDSINK IN REAR/DISWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE HANDSOAP AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030 (C) CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR/DISH AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN PAPER TOWELS AT ALL EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). CITATION COMBINED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED WALNUT, ALMOND, SUGAR, ETC OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS CONTAINING THE PRODUCT NAME. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS AND SPICES WITH COMMON NAME THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEADS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG MOP HEADS TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
When was La Michoacana last inspected?
La Michoacana has 13 inspections on record going back to May 31, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| January 24, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 13, 2019 | Fail |
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 21% 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 January 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.