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Luciano's Grocery-18Th St
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 17, 2025
- address1714 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Luciano's Grocery-18Th St clean?
Luciano's Grocery-18Th St is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Luciano's Grocery-18Th St?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE. MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️Gloves Used Properly • FOOD HANDLER WEARING GLOVES AND TOUCHING THE THE GARBAGE CAN. INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE GLOVES WHEN CONTAMINATING THEM. MAINTAIN SAME.Gloves Used Properly • FOOD HANDLER WEARING GLOVES AND TOUCHING THE THE GARBAGE CAN. INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE GLOVES WHEN CONTAMINATING THEM. MAINTAIN SAME.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAK AT THE BASE AND ELBOW OF THE FAUCET ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN LEAK.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND THE COOLERS/FREEZERS WITH FOOD, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT. • VENT COVER MISSING FROM UPPER WALL IN FRONT OF THE WALK IN COOLER BY THE LIQUOR STOCK. DAMAGED CEILING AND HOLES IN THAT SAME AREA. INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN ALL TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was Luciano's Grocery-18Th St last inspected?
Luciano's Grocery-18Th St has 19 inspections on record going back to November 25, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 9, 2021 | Pass |
Luciano's Grocery-18Th St vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 48% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 553 clean, 95 mid, 494 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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.