Taqueria Amigo Chino

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
• address5601 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634

Is Taqueria Amigo Chino clean?

Taqueria Amigo Chino is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Amigo Chino?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • NO PERSON IN CHARGE ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. MUST HAVE A PERSON IN CHARGE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. PERSON IN CHARGE ARRIVED ON SITE APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED(TORTAS, PORK). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED. CFM ARRIVED ON SITE APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM.
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE DRINKING OUT OF AN OPEN CUP THEN PLACED IT ON THE TABLE BY 2-COMPARTMENT SINK. EMPLOYEE MAY NOT DRINK IN THE KITCHEN PREP AREA WITH AN OPEN CUP. A FOOD EMPLOYEE may drink from a closed BEVERAGE container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of:The EMPLOYEE'S hands;The container; and Exposed FOOD; clean EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, and LINENS; and unwrapped SINGLE-SERVICE and SINGLE-USE ARTICLES.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED COOKED RICE AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE AT 45.5F INSIDE OF PREP COOLER. ALSO OBSERVED MEXICAN CHEESE AT 44.1F AND 12 GALLONS OF MILK HELD AT 44.2F. TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW INSIDE OF A COLD HOLDING UNIT. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. FOOD DISCARDED VOLUNTARILY. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 60 LBS AT A COST OF $150.00.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED NO LABEL ON BULK FOOD CONTAINERS (SUGAR). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COMMON NAME ON CONTAINER TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ARE ALL EXPIRED. MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES ARE ALL EXPIRED. MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.

When was Taqueria Amigo Chino last inspected?

Taqueria Amigo Chino has 35 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria Amigo Chino 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 15% 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 March 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.