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Taqueria La Mexicana
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 5, 2026
- address815 W 35Th St, Chicago 60609
Is Taqueria La Mexicana clean?
Taqueria La Mexicana is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Mexicana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Employees clothing placed on dry food storage shelves. Instructed to keep away from food storage.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Employees clothing placed on dry food storage shelves. Instructed to keep away from food storage.
When was Taqueria La Mexicana last inspected?
Taqueria La Mexicana has 25 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 8, 2022 | — | |
| August 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 29, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2018 | Pass |
Taqueria La Mexicana vs Bridgeport
Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.
Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.