Birriera Zaragoza

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 24, 2026 →
• address4800 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Birriera Zaragoza clean?

Birriera Zaragoza is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 24, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Birriera Zaragoza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Birriera Zaragoza last inspected?

Birriera Zaragoza has 26 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Birriera Zaragoza vs Uptown

Uptown runs 76% clean across 337 tracked restaurants — 253 clean, 69 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 337 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 August 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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