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Taqueria Hernandez
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 1, 2026
- address6983 N Clark St, Chicago 60626
Is Taqueria Hernandez clean?
Taqueria Hernandez is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria Hernandez?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINK AT DISHWASHING AREAS.MUST PROVIDE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT DRY STORAGE AREAS(FOOD DEBRIS).MUST CLEAN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING.MUST PROVIDE.
When was Taqueria Hernandez last inspected?
Taqueria Hernandez has 25 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2020 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 3, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Taqueria Hernandez vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.