Los Candiles

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026 →
• address2624 S Central Park Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Los Candiles clean?

Los Candiles is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 28, 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 Los Candiles?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Los Candiles last inspected?

Los Candiles has 31 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 4 of these 11 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Los Candiles vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 78% clean across 289 tracked restaurants — 221 clean, 39 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 289 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

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• ✓! Lindo Mexico
  cooked · September 23, 2015
• ? Chicago Live Poultry
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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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