Las Mojarras is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation β the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid π¬.
What did inspectors find at Las Mojarras?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
β οΈRequired Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction β’ 3-203.12 OBSERVED NO DATE OF WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK (RAW OYSTERS) WAS SOLD ON THE SHELLFISH IDENTIFICATION TAGS. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS DOCUMENT THE DATE OF THE FINAL SALE OF EACH BATCH OF MOLUSCAN SHELLFISH AND MAINTAIN THE IDENTIFICATION TAG ON SITE FOR 90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE LAST SALE OF MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.critical
Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destruction β’ 3-203.12 OBSERVED NO DATE OF WHEN THE LAST SHELLSTOCK (RAW OYSTERS) WAS SOLD ON THE SHELLFISH IDENTIFICATION TAGS. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS DOCUMENT THE DATE OF THE FINAL SALE OF EACH BATCH OF MOLUSCAN SHELLFISH AND MAINTAIN THE IDENTIFICATION TAG ON SITE FOR 90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE LAST SALE OF MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
π§½surfaces not properly sanitized
Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized β’ 4-602.11 OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH A BROWNISH SUBSTANCE LOCATED BY THE ICE MAKER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
πΏplumbing acting up
Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean β’ 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH MINOR ACCUMULATED DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
π»bathroom / plumbing issues
Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices β’ 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE OR PROVIDE.
π§Ήfloors, walls, or ceilings grimy
Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean β’ 6-501.13 OBSERVED MINOR DEBRIS ON THE FLOORS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE UTILITY CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
When was Las Mojarras last inspected?
Las Mojarras has 14 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
April 22, 2026
Pass w/ Conditions
February 26, 2025
Pass
February 7, 2024
Pass
August 15, 2023
Pass
August 11, 2023
Fail
August 3, 2023
Fail
November 19, 2021
Pass
August 14, 2019
Pass w/ Conditions
May 10, 2018
Pass
April 27, 2017
Pass
May 6, 2016
Pass w/ Conditions
August 26, 2015
Pass
Las Mojarras vs East Side
East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants β 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.