La Barca El Taconazo

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 23, 2019 →
• address4124 W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is La Barca El Taconazo clean?

La Barca El Taconazo is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at La Barca El Taconazo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures

When was La Barca El Taconazo last inspected?

La Barca El Taconazo has 14 inspections on record going back to April 1, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

La Barca El Taconazo vs Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park runs 77% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 56 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Humboldt Park, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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