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LA MICHOACANA CHICAGO ICE CREAM SHOP

7001 N CLARK ST, CHICAGO, IL 60626 · Restaurant

Inspection summary

LA MICHOACANA CHICAGO ICE CREAM SHOP has been inspected 4 times by Chicago Department of Public Health since May 30, 2024. The most recent inspection, on May 27, 2026, found no infractions.

1 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 0 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Handwashing and staff hygiene, Cleaning and sanitizing and Food source, labelling and allergens.

Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk

    Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.

    Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on February 26, 2025. For example: NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RTE FOOD OR A PRE-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE PROPERLY ALLOWED

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on March 7, 2025. For example: WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED

  • Food source, labelling and allergensHigher risk

    Food must come from approved suppliers, stay in labelled containers and be thrown out when it is spoiled or damaged, such as dented or swollen cans. Labelling matters for allergies: an unlabelled container can hide an allergen.

    Recorded once on February 26, 2025. For example: PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION

  • PestsHigher risk

    Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.

    Recorded once on February 26, 2025. For example: INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.

    Recorded 4 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on February 26, 2025. For example: PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES

About this data

These results come from Chicago Department of Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

4 inspections

  1. Canvass

    0 infractions

  2. Canvass Re-Inspection

    2 infractions

    • 41. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED
      • MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS
  3. Canvass

    12 infractions

    • 1. PERSON IN CHARGE PRESENT, DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE, AND PERFORMS DUTIES
      • PERSON IN CHARGE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. ON 2-27-2024 EMPLOYEE ON SITE PROVIDED CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE
    • 2. CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE
      • NO CERTIFIED FOOD HANDLER ON SITE WHEN TCS FOOD WERE PREPARED AND SERVED:SANDWICHES(HAM,SLICE TOMATOES,CHEESE ETC. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. A LEAST ONE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE WHEN FOOD IS HANDLED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION: 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED. ON 2-27-2024 EMPLOYEE ON SITE PROVIDED CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE
    • 8. HANDS CLEAN & PROPERLY WASHED
      • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE HANDLING THE REGISTER AND CASH THEN GOING BACK TO WORK STATION WITHOUT HANDWASHING PUT ON ONE GLOVE (RIGHT HAND) AND START TO MAKE A SANDWICH. MUST WASH HANDS AFTER EVERY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND PRIOR TO WEARING GLOVES AND BEFORE HANDLING FOOD. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
    • 9. NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH RTE FOOD OR A PRE-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE PROPERLY ALLOWED
      • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WITH BARE LEFT HAND GRAB SLICED AVOCADO AND PRESSED ONTO THE SANDWICH THAT SHE WAS MAKING FOR A CUSTOMER. NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS ALLOWED. INSTRUCTED MUST USE SINGLE USE FOOD TISSUES, UTENSILS, TONGS OR GLOVED HANDS. PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-38-005(A), CITATION ISSUED.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • HANDWASHING SINK AT FRONT PREP AREA NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDWASHING. IN FRONT OF THE SINK A MOBILE CART WITH CONTAINERS ON TOP OF IT. BEHIND THE MOBILE CART GARBAGE CAN AND INSIDE THE SAID SINK WAS A CONTAINER. MUST KEEP HAND WASHING SINKS ACCESSIBLE FOR PROPER HANDWASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-030(C) ,CITATION ISSUED. ,
    • 23. PROPER DATE MARKING AND DISPOSITION
      • 3-501.17 - MUST PROVIDE PROPER LABELS FOR DATE MARKING THE PREPARATION AND CONSUME BY/DISCARD DATE (MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS TOTAL) OF ALL REFRIGERATED, READY-TO-EAT, TCS FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24HRS:SLICED TOMATOES SLICED LETTUCE IN WATER,SLICED FRUIT ETC. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION#: 7-38-005. MANAGER CORRECTED ISSUE BY PUTTING DISCADING DATES.
    • 38. INSECTS, RODENTS, & ANIMALS NOT PRESENT
      • NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK PROVIDED ON SITE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-020(C),CITATION ISSUED ON 2-27-25 UPON MY RETURN EMPLOYEE PROVIDED ONE SHEET OF SERVICE FROM 5-21-24. NOT A COMPLETE LOG BOOK.MUST PROVIDE
    • 41. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED & STORED
      • MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • MUST NOT USE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AS FOOD CONTAINERS INSIDE THE BOX FREEZERS. MUST USE WASHABLE CONTAINERS OR FOOD GRADE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS.
    • 47. FOOD & NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANABLE, PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED & USED
      • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
    • 60. PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION CORRECTED
      • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 5-30-24,REPORT#2595421 #10) 6-301.13: NOTED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT FRONT PREP AREA STORED ABOVE 1 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE PAPER TOWELS AND SOAP ABOVE HANDWASHING SINK. #58) 2-102.13: NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED
    • 61. SUMMARY REPORT DISPLAYED AND VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
      • PREVIOUS SUMMARY REPORT FROM 5-30-24,REPORT#2595421 NOT POSTED ON SITE,CONSPICUOUS TO CONSUMERS AS REQUIRED. NEW SUMMARY REPORT GIVEN AND INSTRUCTED TO POST. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:PRIORITY FOUNDATION: 7-42-010(B).CITATION ISSUED
  4. License

    3 infractions

    • 3. MANAGEMENT, FOOD EMPLOYEE AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEE; KNOWLEDGE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORTING
      • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
    • 10. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SINKS PROPERLY SUPPLIED AND ACCESSIBLE
      • NOTED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT FRONT PREP AREA STORED ABOVE 1 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE PAPER TOWELS AND SOAP ABOVE HANDWASHING SINK.
    • 58. ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED
      • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS

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