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La Scarola
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 27, 2026
- address721 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60654
Is La Scarola clean?
La Scarola is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Scarola?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED 2 CUTTING BOARDS IN FRONT PREP AREA COVERED IN DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH, CLEANABLE CUTTING SURFACES. • OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON INTERIOR OF 2 DOOR PREP COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was La Scarola last inspected?
La Scarola has 28 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2026 | — | |
| April 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 28, 2025 | — | |
| August 12, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 6, 2024 | — | |
| November 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2023 | — | |
| June 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 17, 2022 | — |
La Scarola vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, 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 April 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.