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La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2024
- address3166-3168 N Clark St, Chicago 60657
Is La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge clean?
La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 30, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED METAL ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE A CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED METAL ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE A CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE PREP AREA TABLES. MUST REPLACE ALL WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES. • BASEMENT FLOOR CLUTTERED THROUGHOUT. MUST ELEVATE ALL ITEMS OFF FLOOR OR REMOVE ITEMS.
When was La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge last inspected?
La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge has 5 inspections on record going back to May 30, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| July 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 30, 2023 | Fail |
La Perla Chicago, Restaurant & Lounge vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 July 30, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.