Nuevo Leon Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 28, 2026
• address3657 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Nuevo Leon Restaurant clean?

Nuevo Leon Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Nuevo Leon Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINER NOT LABELED IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED FLY STRIP HANGING FROM CEILING IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL FLY STRIPS FROM PREP AREA. • OBSERVED OPENINGS ALONG DOOR FRAME ON REAR EXIT DOOR IN UNUSED KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL OUTER OPENINGS ON DOOR TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE POTS AND PANS STORED ON FLOOR IN UNUSED PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE AND ELEVATE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT OFF FLOOR.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED MULTI-USE POTS AND PANS STORED ON FLOOR IN UNUSED PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO RE-WASH, RINSE, SANITIZE AND ELEVATE ALL MULTI-USE EQUIPMENT OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED WORN AND DEEP GROOVED CUTTING BOARDS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SURFACES UNDER 3-COMPARTMENT SINK BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL RAW WOOD SURFACES TO MAKE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD AND GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, COOLERS, FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN REAR STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN REAR STAFF WASHROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN REAR STAFF WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE IN REAR STAFF WASHROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING GROUT, DAMAGED, AND MISSING FLOOR TILES, WALL TILES, AND BASEBOARDS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, AND STORAGE AREAS. OBSERVED STAINED CEILING TILES IN REAR PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND REPLACE ALL MISSING AND DAMAGED CEILING, FLOOR, AND WALL TILES IN ALL AREAS. • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS IN ALL AREAS.

When was Nuevo Leon Restaurant last inspected?

Nuevo Leon Restaurant has 31 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Nuevo Leon 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 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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.