Fiesta Tapatia

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 29, 2026
• address2752 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608

Is Fiesta Tapatia clean?

Fiesta Tapatia is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fiesta Tapatia?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 HANDWASHING SIGN IN PREP AREA IN NEED OF REPLACING. WORN WITH HALF OF THE SIGN MISSING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-602.11(A; B:1-4,6,7; C; D) LARGE BULK FOOD ITEMS IN NEED OF PROPER LABELING WITH THE COMMODITY NAME INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.15 LARGE CAN OPENER IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) ALL REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND DEBRIS. ALL PREP TABLES AND SHELVES ARE IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS AND BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 FLOORS THROUGHOUT 1ST FLOOR PREP AND BASEMENT AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS AND BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.

When was Fiesta Tapatia last inspected?

Fiesta Tapatia has 20 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fiesta Tapatia vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 69% of them.

Other spots in North Lawndale

• ✓! Ogden 1 Food Market
  cooked · November 30, 2020
• ✓ Sonia's Oasis
  clean · November 2, 2017
• ✓ Atardecer Acapulqueno
  cooked · December 3, 2020
• ✓ Three Food Mart
  cooked · November 8, 2017
• ✓ King Mini Mart
  clean · February 7, 2018
• ✓ Prince Food Market, Inc
  clean · January 5, 2018

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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 April 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.