Taqueria Uptown

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 6, 2016
• address7027 N Clark St, Chicago 60626

Is Taqueria Uptown clean?

Taqueria Uptown is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 6, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Uptown?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 6, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE USE OF GROCERY BAGS IN COOLERS AND FREEZER. RUST ON STORAGE RACKS IN THE 2-DOOR COOLER ON SOUTH WALL AND BEVERAGE COOLER BEHIND TH COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE OF GROCERY BAGS AND REPAIR RACKS SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE USE OF GROCERY BAGS IN COOLERS AND FREEZER. RUST ON STORAGE RACKS IN THE 2-DOOR COOLER ON SOUTH WALL AND BEVERAGE COOLER BEHIND TH COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE OF GROCERY BAGS AND REPAIR RACKS SO THEY ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ONSITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. INSTRUCTED WORKER TO HAVE A CERTIFIED MANAGER ONSITE AT LL TIMES WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING SERVED OR PREPARED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE FOLLOWING FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT; FRYER, STOVE, WHEEL CASTERS ON GRILL, EXTERIOR OF FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS, AND BOTTOM OF PREP TABLE. ALSO, INTERIOR OF 1- DOOR FREEZER, AND THE 3-DOOR COOLER ON THE NORTH WALL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP ON HOOD, FILTERS AND WALL BEHIND GRILL. ALSO, A DETACHED CEILING VENT IN MENS TOILET ROOM. CEILING VENT ABOVE CUSTOMER COUNTER HAS EXCESSIVE DUST. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP ON HOOD, FILTERS AND WALL BEHIND GRILL. ALSO, A DETACHED CEILING VENT IN MENS TOILET ROOM. CEILING VENT ABOVE CUSTOMER COUNTER HAS EXCESSIVE DUST. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, CLEAN, AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED DEBRIS IN LIGHT SHEILDS ABOVE PREP AREA AND IN THE WOMENS TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTALL WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS AND MAINTAIN.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • INSTALL WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Taqueria Uptown last inspected?

Taqueria Uptown has 4 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2015.

Taqueria Uptown vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 April 6, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.