La Michoacana

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 15, 2024 →
• address3701 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is La Michoacana clean?

La Michoacana is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 15, 2024. 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 May 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned

When was La Michoacana last inspected?

La Michoacana has 6 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2022.

La Michoacana vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

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• ✓! Domino's
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• ✓ Emiliano's Restaurnat Inc.
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• ✓ Emiliano's Restaurnat Inc.
  clean · May 2, 2023

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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