Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 21, 2012
• address6011 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634

Is Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant clean?

Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 21, 2012. 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 Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 21, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND COOLER AND FREEZER.----------MUST CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT BOILER ROOM IN THE BASEMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS ALONG THE WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS THROUGHOUT PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND COOLER AND FREEZER.----------MUST CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT BOILER ROOM IN THE BASEMENT.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND VISIBLE THERMOMETER INSIDE COOLERS AND FREEZER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND VISIBLE THERMOMETER INSIDE COOLERS AND FREEZER.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND CLUTTER STORED IN REAR OUTSIDE AREA INCLUDING BARBECUE GRILL TO PREVENT RODENT AND INSECT HARBORAGE.

When was Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2011.

Las Tarascas Mexican Restaurant vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage 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 June 21, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.