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Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 10, 2026
- address5525 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
Is Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food clean?
Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 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 • NOTED TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE DOOR OF 2 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT AT THE KITCHEN PREP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AND/OR REPLACE. • NOTED ONE OF THE MECHANICAL STOPPERS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIRS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE. • NOTED ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS INSIDE COOLERS AND REFRIGERATION UNITS FOOD STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS INSIDE APPROVED FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS ESPECIALLY AT THE DISH WASHING AREA AND KITCHEN PREP AREA.
When was Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food last inspected?
Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food has 26 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 26, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 5, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Los Arcos Authentic Mexican Food vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 February 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.