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Gordo's Tamales
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 24, 2026
- address2811 W 55Th St, Chicago 60632
Is Gordo's Tamales clean?
Gordo's Tamales is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Gordo's Tamales?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11: OBSERVED DAMAGED GASKET ON LEFT DOOR OF SMALL THREE DOOR COLD HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED GASKET ON LEFT DOOR OF SMALL THREE DOOR COLD HOLDING UNIT IN FRONT PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: OBSERVED SMALL UPPER PIPE ON EAST WALL NEAR SEWER LINES LEAKING ONTO FLOOR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SAID LEAKING PIPE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12: OBSERVE DUST ON CONDENSOR FAN COVERS IN WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CONDENSOR FAN COVERS IN WALK IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN. • 6-501.114: OBSERVED TWO UNUSED SMALL ONE BURNER STOVES AND UNUSED SMALL MIXER STORED IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED OR NON WORKING EQUIPMENT THAT IS UNNECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
When was Gordo's Tamales last inspected?
Gordo's Tamales has 13 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 9, 2020 | Pass |
Gordo's Tamales vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 June 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.