Taqueria La Estrella

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 7, 2015
• address4808 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Taqueria La Estrella clean?

Taqueria La Estrella is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Estrella?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO BACK FLOW PREVENTER PROVIDED AT WATER LINE BEHIND ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BACK FLOW PREVENTER FOR EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY TO THE WATER LINE.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SHELF UNDER THE WHITE MICROWAVE SURFACE NOT CLEANABLE.ROUGH / UNEVEN SURFACE.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. PIPE ABOVE THE HOT WATER TANK IS LEAKING, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE SAID PIPE.LEAKAGE DOESN'T EFFECT FOOD PREPARATION,EVEN THOUGH HOT WATER TANK IS LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • SHELF UNDER THE WHITE MICROWAVE SURFACE NOT CLEANABLE.ROUGH / UNEVEN SURFACE.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL. PIPE ABOVE THE HOT WATER TANK IS LEAKING, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE SAID PIPE.LEAKAGE DOESN'T EFFECT FOOD PREPARATION,EVEN THOUGH HOT WATER TANK IS LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • ICE MACHINE START TO SHOW SIGN OF MINERAL BUILD UP,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN /SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING WALL TILES BY THE SWING DOOR THAT GOES TO KITCHEN,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MISSING WALL TILES BY THE SWING DOOR THAT GOES TO KITCHEN,INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • NO PROOF OF CDPH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROVIDED ON PREMISES.IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • NO PROOF OF CDPH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROVIDED ON PREMISES.IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Taqueria La Estrella last inspected?

Taqueria La Estrella has 8 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2010.

Taqueria La Estrella vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

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• ✓ De Mucho Gusto Taqueria
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• ✓ New China
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  clean · March 18, 2011
• ✓ Al's Pizza Chicago
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• ✓ Walgreens
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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 January 7, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.