La Pena

4104 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60639

Passed re-check · Jun 6, 2025 Directions
90
Excellent BiteKarma score 90 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 7 graded inspections since 2021.
  • Last inspected Jun 6, 2025: passed with 1 violation. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices, cited 4 times, plus 10 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 15 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Visit Apr 15

    Canvass

  3. 2025
  4. Passed Jun 6

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    1 violation
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
  5. Passed Jun 6

    Short Form Complaint

    1 violation
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
  6. Failed May 16

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present

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