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La Ruta
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2020
- address6553 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629
Is La Ruta clean?
La Ruta is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 21, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Ruta?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was La Ruta last inspected?
La Ruta has 4 inspections on record going back to September 18, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 9, 2025 | — | |
| December 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2020 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2020 | — |
La Ruta vs Chicago Lawn
Chicago Lawn runs 28% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 145 clean, 34 mid, 332 cooked.
Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 December 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.