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La Michoacana
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
- address2001 W 47Th St, Chicago 60609
Is La Michoacana clean?
La Michoacana is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — 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 March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling and serving TCS foods (corn, deli...) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • Cloth towels are hung thorough out kitchen to dry, instructed to dry all cloth towels properly away from food prep areas.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Utensils in-use stored in standing water at room temperature, instructed to store according to health code, ie.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Utensils in-use stored in standing water at room temperature, instructed to store according to health code, ie.
When was La Michoacana last inspected?
La Michoacana has 9 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 1, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 5, 2018 | Pass |
La Michoacana vs New City
New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.
Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, 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 March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.