Paleteria La Original Michoacana

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 6, 2025 →
• address9800 S Escanaba Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisinePaleteria

Is Paleteria La Original Michoacana clean?

Paleteria La Original Michoacana is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 6, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Paleteria La Original Michoacana?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Paleteria La Original Michoacana last inspected?

Paleteria La Original Michoacana has 11 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2014.

Paleteria La Original Michoacana vs Calumet Heights

Calumet Heights runs 78% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 16 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Calumet Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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