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Taqueria La Placita
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 20, 2026
- address1856 W 35Th St, Chicago 60609
Is Taqueria La Placita clean?
Taqueria La Placita is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Placita?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Pottery plants stored in food prep area, instructed to keep away.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • Pottery plants stored in food prep area, instructed to keep away.
When was Taqueria La Placita last inspected?
Taqueria La Placita has 11 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2025 | — | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 25, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 29, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 24, 2017 | Pass |
Taqueria La Placita vs Mckinley Park
Mckinley Park runs 68% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 39 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Mckinley Park, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 February 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.