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La Primera
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 16, 2016
- address5012-5014 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is La Primera clean?
La Primera is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 16, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Primera?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MISSING DRAIN BOARD OF THE 3 COMPT SINK. MUST INSTALL METAL DRAIN BOARD TO AIR DRY THE TRAYS AND UTENSILS.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MISSING DRAIN BOARD OF THE 3 COMPT SINK. MUST INSTALL METAL DRAIN BOARD TO AIR DRY THE TRAYS AND UTENSILS.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE 2 COMPT SINK AND 3 COMPT SINK AND MANTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CRACKED FLOOR TILES THRU-OUT THE GROCERY STORE. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN. MUST CLEAN THE FLOOR THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT AND PREP/DISH AREA, INSIDE THE BEER WALK IN COOLER AND UNDERNEATH ALL THE PALLETS THRU-OUT BASEMENT AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CRACKED FLOOR TILES THRU-OUT THE GROCERY STORE. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE FLOOR TILES AND MAINTAIN. MUST CLEAN THE FLOOR THRU-OUT THE BASEMENT AND PREP/DISH AREA, INSIDE THE BEER WALK IN COOLER AND UNDERNEATH ALL THE PALLETS THRU-OUT BASEMENT AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • RUSTY WALLLS INSIDE THE MEAT WALK IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • RUSTY WALLLS INSIDE THE MEAT WALK IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE BURNT OUT LIGHT SHIELD IN THE MEAT WALK IN COOLER. MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ON THE LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE MAIN WALK IN COOLER . MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD
When was La Primera last inspected?
La Primera has 9 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| May 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2014 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2012 | Fail |
La Primera vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 May 16, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.