Taqueria La Esquinita

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2023
• address6924 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60707

Is Taqueria La Esquinita clean?

Taqueria La Esquinita is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 17, 2023. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Esquinita?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED EXPIRED COOKED PIG INTESTINES WITH A DATE LABELED 3/9/2023. OBSERVED EXPIRED COOKED CHICHARRONES WITH A DATE LABEL 2/28/23, COOKED SOUP WITH A DATE LABEL 3/9/23, COOKED PORK RIBS WITH NO DATE, MOLE VERDE WITH A DATE LABEL 3/7/23. COOKED FOOD CAN BE HELD FOR A MAXIMUM OF 7 DAYS. PREPARATION DAY COUNTS AS DAY 1. EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED FOOD. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 20 LBS AT A COST OF $75.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DARK STAINS ON CUTTING BOARD AT PREP LINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 9/1/2022, REPORT #2563150. #58--NOTED A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 9/1/2022, REPORT #2563150. #58--NOTED A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER WITHOUT AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Taqueria La Esquinita last inspected?

Taqueria La Esquinita has 17 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria La Esquinita vs Montclare

Montclare runs 35% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 35 mid, 192 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ✓ La Madrilena Bakery
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• ✓ King Garden Chinese Restaurant
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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 March 17, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.