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Los Corrales Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 18, 2025
- address2881 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623
Is Los Corrales Taqueria clean?
Los Corrales Taqueria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Los Corrales Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED TWO DOOR COLD HOLD UNIT IN DINING ROOM AREA WITH NO LOCK OR SIGNAGE DESIGNATING COOLER FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LOCK AND LABEL COOLER FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION FROM CONSUMERS.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED TWO DOOR COLD HOLD UNIT IN DINING ROOM AREA WITH NO LOCK OR SIGNAGE DESIGNATING COOLER FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LOCK AND LABEL COOLER FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION FROM CONSUMERS.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER LEAKING FROM PIPE IN CEILING IN DOWNSTAIRS PREP AREA ONTO FLOOR. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED GREASE TRAP IN POOR REPAIR AND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC WRAP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROPERLY REPAIR AND MAINTAIN GREASE TRAP.Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • OBSERVED GREASE TRAP IN POOR REPAIR AND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC WRAP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROPERLY REPAIR AND MAINTAIN GREASE TRAP.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DAMAGED CEILING TILES ABOVE TWO DOOR COLD HOLD UNIT IN DINING ROOM AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Los Corrales Taqueria last inspected?
Los Corrales Taqueria has 17 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2016 | Pass |
Los Corrales Taqueria vs North Lawndale
North Lawndale runs 60% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 370 clean, 83 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 71% 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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.