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La Vaca Margarita Bar #2
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 2, 2022
- address1969 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614
Is La Vaca Margarita Bar #2 clean?
La Vaca Margarita Bar #2 is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 2, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at La Vaca Margarita Bar #2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 2, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14: MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN A SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS-CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12: NOT ABLE TO CHECK BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE IN BASEMENT; UNIT IS SURROUNDED WITH CLUTTER FROM CONTAINERS, BROOMS, SHELVES, POTS ETC. INSTALL THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE IF IT IS NOT ALREADY. REMOVE ITEMS. BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES MUST BE EASY TO LOCATE, SERVICE, AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11: MISSING AND BROKEN LIGHT SHIELD IN PREP.DISHROOM AND BASEMENT.REPLACEAdequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11: MISSING AND BROKEN LIGHT SHIELD IN PREP.DISHROOM AND BASEMENT.REPLACE
When was La Vaca Margarita Bar #2 last inspected?
La Vaca Margarita Bar #2 has 6 inspections on record going back to August 27, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| August 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 2, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 1, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2020 | Fail |
La Vaca Margarita Bar #2 vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 2, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.