Cooked?La Mexicana Tamale Cart
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2018 →
- address4171 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
Is La Mexicana Tamale Cart clean?
La Mexicana Tamale Cart is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at La Mexicana Tamale Cart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧪toxic chemicals mishandledPrevious Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
When was La Mexicana Tamale Cart last inspected?
La Mexicana Tamale Cart has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2017.
January 23, 2018 Fail
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View full inspection →December 8, 2017 Not Ready
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View full inspection →January 10, 2017 Pass
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View full inspection →La Mexicana Tamale Cart vs Brighton Park
Brighton Park runs 74% clean across 206 tracked restaurants — 151 clean, 36 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 206 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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