Gorditas La Tia

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
• address6425 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60638

Is Gorditas La Tia clean?

Gorditas La Tia is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 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 Gorditas La Tia?

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

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN IN REAR STORAGE AREA AT HANDSINK. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL SIGN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED GASKETS ON DELI COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA WITH DAMAGED GASKETS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO LABELS ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COMPARTMENTS DESIGNATING WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL COMPARTMENTS AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO LABELS ON THREE COMPARTMENT SINK COMPARTMENTS DESIGNATING WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL COMPARTMENTS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SHELVING IN WALK IN COOLER WITH RUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE RUST OR REPLACE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON RESTROOM DOORS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SELF CLOSING DEVICE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON RESTROOM DOORS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SELF CLOSING DEVICE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILE IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA. OBSERVED LARGE HOLD IN WALL IN REAR DRY STORAGE AREA (NEAR SHELVING BY RESTROOM). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN AREAS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was Gorditas La Tia last inspected?

Gorditas La Tia has 12 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2020.

Gorditas La Tia vs Clearing

Clearing runs 73% clean across 157 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 23 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 157 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

Other spots in Clearing

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  clean · June 5, 2023
• ✓ Bobby G's
  clean · June 28, 2022
• ✓! Chipotle
  mid · March 25, 2026
• ✓ Chipotle
  clean · November 23, 2020
• ✓ Los Mangos
  clean · April 3, 2023
• ✓ Cup Of Joe
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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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.