Los Sauces Grocery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 17, 2025
• address5852 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Los Sauces Grocery clean?

Los Sauces Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Los Sauces Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE, WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. INSTRUCTED A CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE, WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED DEAD BUGS ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR DISHWASHING/ FOOD PREP AREA AND NEAR THE WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED TWO CUTTING BOARDS AND FORKS IMPROPERLY STORED. CUTTING BOARDS STORED BEHIND FAUCET HEAD OF THE REAR HANDWASHING SINK AND FORKS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED TWO CUTTING BOARDS AND FORKS IMPROPERLY STORED. CUTTING BOARDS STORED BEHIND FAUCET HEAD OF THE REAR HANDWASHING SINK AND FORKS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED MISSING ONE SINK STOPPER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED MISSING ONE SINK STOPPER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE REAR DISHWASHING/ FOOD PREP AREA WITH CLUTTER THROUGHOUT MENTIONED AREA. FOOD PREP TABLES, THE LOWER SHELVES UNDER THE FOOD PREP TABLE AND ON THE FLOORS. INSTRUCTED TO DECLUTTER AND MAINTAIN.

When was Los Sauces Grocery last inspected?

Los Sauces Grocery has 4 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2023.

Los Sauces Grocery vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 October 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.