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Mariscos La Grulla
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 15, 2026
- address3325 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623
Is Mariscos La Grulla clean?
Mariscos La Grulla is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 15, 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 Mariscos La Grulla?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT HANDWASHING SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SMALL PLASTIC CUPS USED AS DISPENSING UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS WITH HANDLE ABOVE FOOD TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SMALL PLASTIC CUPS USED AS DISPENSING UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS WITH HANDLE ABOVE FOOD TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS NOT INVERTED IN WAIT STATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS TO PROTECT LIP CONTACT SURFACES FROM CONTAMINATION.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS NOT INVERTED IN WAIT STATION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS TO PROTECT LIP CONTACT SURFACES FROM CONTAMINATION.
When was Mariscos La Grulla last inspected?
Mariscos La Grulla has 15 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2020 | — | |
| May 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 8, 2017 | Pass |
Mariscos La Grulla vs North Lawndale
North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.