Taquieria Maria's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 18, 2014
• address2857 S St Louis Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Taquieria Maria's clean?

Taquieria Maria's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 18, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taquieria Maria's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARD STAINED WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CUTTING BOARD STAINED WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • LIGHTSHIELDS THRU-OUT NEED DETAILED CLEANING. CLEAN SAME. CLEAN WALLS IN TOILET ROOM AND REMOVE GRAFFITI.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • LIGHTSHIELDS THRU-OUT NEED DETAILED CLEANING. CLEAN SAME. CLEAN WALLS IN TOILET ROOM AND REMOVE GRAFFITI.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • CRACKED LIGHTSHIELD ON SITE. INSTD TO REPLACE SAME.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET LEAKING. REPAIR SAME. PROVIDE SPLASHGUARD INBETWEEN EXPOSED HANDSINK AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.

When was Taquieria Maria's last inspected?

Taquieria Maria's has 6 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2010.

Taquieria Maria's vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 18, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.