Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 14, 2026 →
• address2532 W 47Th St, Chicago 60632

Is Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza clean?

Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza last inspected?

Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza has 7 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2023.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

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Tacos & Pupusas Esperanza vs Brighton Park

Brighton Park runs 73% clean across 206 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 35 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 206 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 October 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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