Birrieria La Barca

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 15, 2014
• address4125 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Birrieria La Barca clean?

Birrieria La Barca is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 15, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Birrieria La Barca?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • GROCERY BAGS BEING USED TO STORE FOOD. INSTD TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS. SPLASHGUARDS NEEDED AT REAR EXPOSED HANDSINK LOCATED INBETWEEN PREP TABLES. CUTTING BOARD IN REAR PREP AREA STAINED, WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPAIR OR REPLACE SAME.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • GROCERY BAGS BEING USED TO STORE FOOD. INSTD TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS. SPLASHGUARDS NEEDED AT REAR EXPOSED HANDSINK LOCATED INBETWEEN PREP TABLES. CUTTING BOARD IN REAR PREP AREA STAINED, WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPAIR OR REPLACE SAME.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • COOLERS INCLUDING DOORS AND TRACKS, AND SINKS IN REAR NOT CLEAN. CLEAN SAME AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER/UNNECESSARY ARTICLES IN BASEMENT. INSTD TO REMOVE SAME.

When was Birrieria La Barca last inspected?

Birrieria La Barca has 3 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2014.

Birrieria La Barca vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.