Mago's Tamales & Taqueria

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2026 →
• address5714 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Mago's Tamales & Taqueria clean?

Mago's Tamales & Taqueria is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Mago's Tamales & Taqueria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Mago's Tamales & Taqueria last inspected?

Mago's Tamales & Taqueria has 29 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mago's Tamales & Taqueria vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 74% clean across 339 tracked restaurants — 247 clean, 73 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 339 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Belmont Cragin

• ✓ Haydee's Grill
  cooked · June 7, 2012
• ✓ Su Taqueria El Gallo Bravo #4
  cooked · August 17, 2012
• ✓! Shell/Aisha Wash & Fuel Island
  mid · October 5, 2020
• ? La Luna #2
  cooked · June 29, 2011
• ? Vijaya Foods Inc
  cooked · February 10, 2011
• ✓! La Roquita
  cooked · June 8, 2016

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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 September 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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