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Paleteria Juarez
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 3, 2026
- address2215 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60623
Is Paleteria Juarez clean?
Paleteria Juarez is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Paleteria Juarez?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINER NOT LABELED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES AND ORGANIZE ALL AREAS.
When was Paleteria Juarez last inspected?
Paleteria Juarez has 20 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 8, 2020 | — | |
| April 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 23, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2017 | — |
Paleteria Juarez 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 43% 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 April 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.