Cardona's Taqueria

• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2013
• address1451 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Cardona's Taqueria clean?

Cardona's Taqueria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 19, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Cardona's Taqueria?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2013. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Cardona's Taqueria last inspected?

Cardona's Taqueria has 1 inspection on record going back to August 19, 2013.

Cardona's Taqueria vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 19, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.