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Las Casita's Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2026
- address5746-5748 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Las Casita's Restaurant clean?
Las Casita's Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 8, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Las Casita's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalProper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED OPEN CUP OF COFFEE ON PREP TABLE IN KITCHEN. MUST STORE WITH A LID IN SEPERATE AREA AWAY FROM FOOD PREP AREA AND EQUIPMENT.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN GREASE SPILLS INSIDE OF COOKING FRYER.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN STAFF TOILET ROOM. MUST PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN STAFF TOILET ROOM. MUST PROVIDE.
When was Las Casita's Restaurant last inspected?
Las Casita's Restaurant has 11 inspections on record going back to October 2, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 22, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 2, 2020 | Fail |
Las Casita's Restaurant vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 January 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.