Taqueria La Chiquita

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2026 →
• address2635 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60623

Is Taqueria La Chiquita clean?

Taqueria La Chiquita is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Chiquita?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Taqueria La Chiquita last inspected?

Taqueria La Chiquita has 29 inspections on record going back to January 11, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria La Chiquita vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 August 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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