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Los Nopales Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2015
- address4544 N Western Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Los Nopales Restaurant clean?
Los Nopales Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 20, 2015. 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 Nopales Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS NOT CLEANED. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ILLINOIS CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, MUST PROVIDE,Food Handler Requirements Met • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN ILLINOIS CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION, MUST PROVIDE,
When was Los Nopales Restaurant last inspected?
Los Nopales Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to July 5, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| March 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2013 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Los Nopales Restaurant vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 20, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.