Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 25, 2010
• address4101 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen clean?

Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 25, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 25, 2010. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen last inspected?

Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen has 1 inspection on record going back to October 25, 2010.

Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 October 25, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.