Lalo's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 13, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Lalo's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 13, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
🪳pests in the house
Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
When was Lalo's last inspected?
Lalo's has 3 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2010.
date
result
score
August 21, 2013
closed by the city
October 13, 2010
Pass w/ Conditions
October 5, 2010
Pass w/ Conditions
Lalo's vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.
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 October 13, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.