Taqueria Tayahua

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 6, 2025
• address2411 S Western Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Taqueria Tayahua clean?

Taqueria Tayahua is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 6, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Tayahua?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • MUST CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE AND CUTTING BOARD IN THE REAR NEEDS CLEANING AND SANITIZING.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST PROPERLY LABEL BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS IN THE BASEMENT WITH THE PRODUCTS/ITEMS NAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR SHELVING,WALL,CEILING AND FLOORS OF THE BASEMENT WIC. ALSO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE PREP COOLER IN THE FRONT PREP STATION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVERD BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN THE DININIG AND PREP AREAS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was Taqueria Tayahua last inspected?

Taqueria Tayahua has 21 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria Tayahua vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.