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Los Comales #3
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 17, 2026
- address1544 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is Los Comales #3 clean?
Los Comales #3 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 17, 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 Comales #3?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HANDWASHING SINK IN EMPLOYEE BATHROOM AND CUSTOMER HANDWASHING SINK IN NEED OF BETTER (MORE) WATER PRESSURE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • LARGE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN BASEMENT PREP AREA IN NEED OF PROPER LABELING INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
When was Los Comales #3 last inspected?
Los Comales #3 has 32 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2022 | Fail |
Los Comales #3 vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 June 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.