Los Caminos De Michoacan is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 25, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Los Caminos De Michoacan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS INSIDE UPRIGHT FREEZER IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE FOOD IN A FOOD GRADE BAGS. OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY PLASTIC BAGS INSIDE UPRIGHT FREEZER IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE FOOD IN A FOOD GRADE BAGS. OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED GREASE BUIL-UP ON VENTILATION HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
🌡️thermometers missing
Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED DIRT ON LIGHT SHIELD COVER OBOVE PREP TABLE IN REAR KITCHEN AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE AT THE FRONT SERVING AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE AT THE FRONT SERVING AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
When was Los Caminos De Michoacan last inspected?
Los Caminos De Michoacan has 11 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2010.
date
result
score
November 4, 2016
closed by the city
February 25, 2016
Pass
June 24, 2015
Pass w/ Conditions
November 7, 2014
Pass
February 25, 2014
Pass
February 18, 2014
Fail
March 7, 2013
Pass
July 26, 2012
Pass
July 19, 2012
Fail
March 29, 2010
Pass
March 22, 2010
Fail
Los Caminos De Michoacan vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 25, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.