Taste Bud

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 18, 2026 →
• address4123 W Madison St, Chicago 60624

Is Taste Bud clean?

Taste Bud is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 18, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taste Bud?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Taste Bud last inspected?

Taste Bud has 12 inspections on record going back to September 2, 2010.

Taste Bud vs West Garfield Park

West Garfield Park runs 78% clean across 256 tracked restaurants — 197 clean, 46 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 256 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in West Garfield Park

• ✓ New Stop Food & Tobacco
  cooked · April 1, 2014
• ✓ La Baby Restaurant
  cooked · April 6, 2010
• ✓ Yousef Grocery,Inc.
  cooked · May 3, 2011
• ✕ Madison Banquets Inc.
  cooked · January 24, 2011
• ? Key Food Chicago
  cooked · December 4, 2013
• ✓ Madison Banquets Inc.
  clean · March 18, 2010

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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