Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 22, 2025
• address2404 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos clean?

Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINK IN PREP AREA AND IN THE TOILET ROOMS WITH NOT HANDWASHING SIGNS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS DURING THE INSPECTION. FOUND IN THE WALK-IN COOLER: TWO BUCKETS OF REFRIED BEANS (69.0F-72.2F), CONTAINER OF PORK (54.6F), BEEF TONGUE (59.9F). FOUND IN THE TWO DOOR COOLER IN THE DISHWASHING AREA: CONTAINER OF RICE (60.8°F). MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. APPROXIMATELY 215LBS AT $388 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARDED. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF A TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR AT 49.5F WITH TCS FOODS STORED INSIDE FOR SALE. A HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG PLACED ON UNIT. PLEASE REVIEW COMMENTS FOR TAG REMOVAL. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING UNITS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. MAINTENANCE ARRIVED ON SITE AND WAS ABLE TO REPAIR TWO DOOR REFRIGERATOR BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED A DAMAGED RUBBER GASKET ON THE PREP COOLER IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED TWO MISSING SINK STOPPERS FOR THE WAREWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED TWO MISSING SINK STOPPERS FOR THE WAREWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED ONE OF THE THREE OUTDOOR GARBAGE RECEPTACLES LID SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LID AND MAINTAIN.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED ONE OF THE THREE OUTDOOR GARBAGE RECEPTACLES LID SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE LID AND MAINTAIN.

When was Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos last inspected?

Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos has 18 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.