Taqueria L' Patron

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2025 →
• address2032 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Taqueria L' Patron clean?

Taqueria L' Patron is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 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 Taqueria L' Patron?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned

When was Taqueria L' Patron last inspected?

Taqueria L' Patron has 5 inspections on record going back to April 18, 2023.

Taqueria L' Patron vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 77% clean across 733 tracked restaurants — 558 clean, 145 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 733 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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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 July 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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