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Taqueria Vargas
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 22, 2019
- address7152 N California Ave, Chicago 60645
Is Taqueria Vargas clean?
Taqueria Vargas is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 22, 2019. 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 Vargas?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO SUPPLIES/VOMIT SPILLKIT KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • FOUND POTS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED ON SHELVING UNITS.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • FOUND POTS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED ON SHELVING UNITS.
When was Taqueria Vargas last inspected?
Taqueria Vargas has 7 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| May 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 28, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 31, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 12, 2015 | Pass |
Taqueria Vargas vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 May 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.