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Taqueria Los Portales
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2025
- address1418 W Morse Ave, Chicago 60626
Is Taqueria Los Portales clean?
Taqueria Los Portales is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria Los Portales?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • DRY FOOD CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELED WITH COMMON NAME:FLOUR,SUGAR ETC.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS AT UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND EQUIPMENT SURFACES BEHIND COOKING LINE AND WHEELS OF EQUIPMENT .MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • GREASE ON FLOOR AND WALL UNDER/BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS.CERTIFICATE EXPIRED EVERY THREE YEARS
When was Taqueria Los Portales last inspected?
Taqueria Los Portales has 19 inspections on record going back to February 18, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2016 | Pass |
Taqueria Los Portales vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 33% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 60 mid, 426 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 68% 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, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.