Taqueria La Ciudad

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 19, 2020 →
• address3233-3237 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60623
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Taqueria La Ciudad clean?

Taqueria La Ciudad is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Ciudad?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure

When was Taqueria La Ciudad last inspected?

Taqueria La Ciudad has 6 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2019.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 2 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Taqueria La Ciudad vs North Lawndale

North Lawndale runs 80% clean across 252 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 29 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 252 spots Cooked tracks in North Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 February 19, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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