Tierra Y Fuego

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2025
• address4100-4102 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60618

Is Tierra Y Fuego clean?

Tierra Y Fuego is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 7, 2025. 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 Tierra Y Fuego?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE FOR HANDWASHING SINK IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN RESTROOMS.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FACILITY THAWING FROZEN SHRIMP AND OCTOPUS IN ROOM TEMPERATURE ON THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO THAW TCS FOODS IN REFRIGERATION THAT MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW OR UNDER RUNNING WATER THAT IS 70F OR BELOW.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED FACILITY THAWING FROZEN SHRIMP AND OCTOPUS IN ROOM TEMPERATURE ON THE PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO THAW TCS FOODS IN REFRIGERATION THAT MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW OR UNDER RUNNING WATER THAT IS 70F OR BELOW.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LOW WATER PRESSURE FOR HOT WATER AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA NEXT TO ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WET MOP STORED IN THE HALLWAY IN FRONT OF WOMENS RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED TO HANG MOPS TO ALLOW TO DRY WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER(S). INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND KEEP CERTIFICATE ON SITE.

When was Tierra Y Fuego last inspected?

Tierra Y Fuego has 6 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2023.

Tierra Y Fuego vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in Irving Park

• ✓! Tierra Y Fuego
  mid · October 5, 2023
• ✓ Los Molcajetes
  clean · March 5, 2025
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• ✓ Mas Tacos
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• ✓! Sai Food Mart
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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 November 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.