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Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2011
- address4101 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641
Is Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen clean?
Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 1, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOR NEXT REGULAR INSPECTIONWalls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • FOR NEXT REGULAR INSPECTION
When was Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen last inspected?
Birreria & Taqueria El Carmen has 6 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| December 1, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2011 | Fail | |
| April 14, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2010 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2010 | Pass |
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 38% 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 December 1, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.