Taqueria La Esmeralda

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 24, 2025 →
• address6310 N Western Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Taqueria La Esmeralda clean?

Taqueria La Esmeralda is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Esmeralda?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Taqueria La Esmeralda last inspected?

Taqueria La Esmeralda has 8 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2020.

Taqueria La Esmeralda vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 76% clean across 368 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 74 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 368 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 January 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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