Cooked?
Taqueria Amigo Chino 2
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2025
- address5959 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630
Is Taqueria Amigo Chino 2 clean?
Taqueria Amigo Chino 2 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria Amigo Chino 2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FROZEN CONDENSATE ON FOOD PRODUCT IN WALK IN FREEZER IN BASEMENT. DEFROST WALK IN FREEZER REMOVE EXCESS FROZEN CONDENSATE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FROZEN CONDENSATE ON FOOD PRODUCT IN WALK IN FREEZER IN BASEMENT. DEFROST WALK IN FREEZER REMOVE EXCESS FROZEN CONDENSATE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF REACH IN CHEST FREEZER UNCLEAN WITH FOOD SPILLS. CLEAN AND MAINTIAN REACH IN CHEST FREEZER ON FIRST FLOOR. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION ON THE INTERIOR OF FRYOLATORS. MUST DEGREASE FRYLOATORS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CARBOARD BEING USED TO LINE REAR REAR OF PREP AREA LEADING TO THE EXIT ON FIRST FLOOR. CARDBOARD MAY NOT BE USED AND MUST BE REMOVED. • OBSERVED TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN NON WORKING CONDITION IN MAIN COOKING AREA. COOLER MUST BE REPAIRED AND MAINTAINED OR REMOVED FROM PREMISES. • OBSERVED NON WORKING WALK IN COOLER ON FIRST FLOOR NEEDS TO BE KEPT CLEAN AND ORGANIZED. IF FORMER WALK IN COOLER IS TO BE USED FOR FOOD AND FOOD RELATED ITEMS REMOVE ALL NON FOOD RELATED ITEMS INCLUDING TOOLS AND FAN. ORGANIZE ALL REMAINING DRY STORAGE ITEMS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Taqueria Amigo Chino 2 last inspected?
Taqueria Amigo Chino 2 has 34 inspections on record going back to March 25, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| January 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 14, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 12, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Taqueria Amigo Chino 2 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 37% of them.
Other spots in Portage Park
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 January 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.