Tequila Cj Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 12, 2026 →
• address5750 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60638

Is Tequila Cj Restaurant clean?

Tequila Cj Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 12, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tequila Cj Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Tequila Cj Restaurant last inspected?

Tequila Cj Restaurant has 17 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tequila Cj Restaurant vs Garfield Ridge

Garfield Ridge runs 84% clean across 87 tracked restaurants — 72 clean, 12 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 87 spots Cooked tracks in Garfield Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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  clean · January 8, 2021
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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.

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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 August 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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