Mi Tierra South Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 21, 2026
• address2528 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Mi Tierra South Restaurant clean?

Mi Tierra South Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mi Tierra South Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED MISSING ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED NO SANITIZER AT LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE WHILE IN USE IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SANITIZER AND MAINTAIN FINAL RINSE AT 100 PPM. LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE IS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL REINSPECTED BY CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. PRIORITY 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SODA DISPENSER UNITS STORED ON FLOOR IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SODA DISPENSER UNITS OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SODA DISPENSER UNITS STORED ON FLOOR IN BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SODA DISPENSER UNITS OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLE OFF FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLE OFF FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED MAJOR LEAK UNDER LEFT HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE STAFF WASHROOM IN KITCHEN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE STAFF WASHROOM IN KITCHEN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD AND EQUIPMENT MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD AND EQUIPMENT MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.

When was Mi Tierra South Restaurant last inspected?

Mi Tierra South Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mi Tierra South Restaurant vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 66% of them.

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  mid · March 15, 2016
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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 April 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.