Taqueria La Oaxaquena

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2021
• address3382 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Taqueria La Oaxaquena clean?

Taqueria La Oaxaquena is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 16, 2021. 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 Oaxaquena?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINKS IN UNISEX BATHROOMS IN REAR DINING AREA BY EXIT DOOR. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED MISSING LABELS ON NUMEROUS BULK CONTAINERS IN REAR. MUST LABEL ALL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN UNISEX BATHROOMS AND IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM ADJACENT TO KITCHEN. MUST PROVIDE COVER FOR TRASH CAN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO LID ON TRASH CAN IN UNISEX BATHROOMS AND IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM ADJACENT TO KITCHEN. MUST PROVIDE COVER FOR TRASH CAN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN AND DAMAGED WALL TILE IN WOMEN'S BATHROOM ADJACENT TO KITCHEN. MUST SEAL AND REPAIR.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 6/25/2021, REPORT #2521993. #58-OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 6/25/2021, REPORT #2521993. #58-OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090.

When was Taqueria La Oaxaquena last inspected?

Taqueria La Oaxaquena has 27 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria La Oaxaquena vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 December 16, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.