Taqueria La Plebe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 19, 2016
• address2820 W 55Th St, Chicago 60632

Is Taqueria La Plebe clean?

Taqueria La Plebe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria La Plebe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE PREP COOLER. OBSERVED COOKED RICE AT 49.7F, CHORIZO AT 46.7F, AND HOT DOGS AT 46.2F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 15# OF FOOD WORTH $35. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • NO INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NO LIGHT SHIELDS OR END CAPS INSTALLED ON THE FIXTURES IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO PROBE THERMOMETER PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES. MUST PROVIDE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO PROBE THERMOMETER PROVIDED ON THE PREMISES TO TAKE FOOD TEMPERATURES. MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST PROVIDE.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Taqueria La Plebe last inspected?

Taqueria La Plebe has 3 inspections on record going back to February 5, 2015.

Taqueria La Plebe vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 19, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.