La Nonna

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025
• address3400 N Lawndale Ave, Chicago 60618

Is La Nonna clean?

La Nonna is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at La Nonna?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER COLD-HOLDING TEMPERATURES IN THE 3-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA: COOKED CHICKEN AT 47.6F, RAW BEEF AT 46.7F, RAW CHICKEN AT 50.1F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DENATURE AND DISCARD ALL TCS FOOD AT IMPROPER COLD-HOLDING TEMPERATURES AND MAINTAIN ALL TCS FOOD AT 41.0F OR BELOW FOR COLD-HOLDING. DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 30 LBS OF FOOD VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $150.00 DISCARDED ON-SITE. PERSON-IN-CHARGE DENATURED AND DISCARDED ALL TCS FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED 3-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA AT IMPROPER INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE FOR COLD-HOLDING TCS FOOD ITEMS, INTERNAL AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46.0F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL TCS FOOD ITEMS IN 3-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AND CEASE USE OF COLD-HOLDING EQUIPMENT UNTIL REPAIRED OR REPLACED. TAGGED EQUIPMENT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT CDPH FOR RE-INSPECTION ONCE EQUIPMENT IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND PRIOR TO USE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE SPATULA AND GRILL SCRAPER STORED IN STILL, ROOM-TEMPERATURE WATER BETWEEN USES IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN IN-USE UTENSILS ON A CLEAN AND SANITIZED SURFACE OR UNDER RUNNING WATER BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE SPATULA AND GRILL SCRAPER STORED IN STILL, ROOM-TEMPERATURE WATER BETWEEN USES IN THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN IN-USE UTENSILS ON A CLEAN AND SANITIZED SURFACE OR UNDER RUNNING WATER BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY CLUTTER OF ITEMS NOT NECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS IN THE REAR BASEMENT AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CLUTTER AND ALL ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO FOOD OPERATIONS AND MAINTAIN AREA FREE FROM CLUTTER TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE ACCESS FOR MONITORING OF PESTS. • OBSERVED FLOORS BENEATH CARTS AND SHELVES IN THE BASEMENT AREA WALK-IN COOLER TO BE SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES BENEATH EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND OTHER SOILS AND MAINTAIN.

When was La Nonna last inspected?

La Nonna has 21 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

La Nonna vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 September 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.