Cooked?Lala General Merchandise
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 3, 2025 →
- address6342 N Washtenaw Ave, Chicago 60659
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Lala General Merchandise clean?
Lala General Merchandise is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Lala General Merchandise?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
When was Lala General Merchandise last inspected?
Lala General Merchandise has 1 inspection on record going back to September 3, 2025.
September 3, 2025 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →Lala General Merchandise vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 76% clean across 368 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 74 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 368 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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