Taqueria Vallarta

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 22, 2026
• address2757 W 59Th St, Chicago 60629

Is Taqueria Vallarta clean?

Taqueria Vallarta is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Vallarta?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DOOR FOR ICE MACHINE IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE OR REPAIR DOOR TO BE TIGHT FITTING FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. • OBSERVED CARDBOARD ON BOTTOM OF TABLE IN REAR PREP AREA (NEAR EXTERIOR DOOR). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN SURFACE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

When was Taqueria Vallarta last inspected?

Taqueria Vallarta has 8 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2020.

Taqueria Vallarta 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 32% 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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.