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La Haciendita Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2025
- address5151 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632
Is La Haciendita Taqueria clean?
La Haciendita Taqueria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2025. 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 La Haciendita Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN TOILET ROOMS AND EXPOSED SINKS. A SIGN OR POSTER THAT NOTIFIES FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS USED BY FOOD EMPLOYEES AND SHALL BE CLEARLY VISIBLE TO FOOD EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARD IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH DEEP GROOVES AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE DAMAGED OR STAINED CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was La Haciendita Taqueria last inspected?
La Haciendita Taqueria has 24 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 1, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 17, 2015 | Pass |
La Haciendita Taqueria 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 29% 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 November 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.