Vaca's Creamery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 8, 2026 →
• address2324 W Giddings St, Chicago 60625

Is Vaca's Creamery clean?

Vaca's Creamery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Vaca's Creamery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected

When was Vaca's Creamery last inspected?

Vaca's Creamery has 4 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2023.

Vaca's Creamery vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 79% clean across 379 tracked restaurants — 296 clean, 72 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 379 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Pita Express
  clean · March 3, 2026
• ✓! Ayan Restaurant
  cooked · March 30, 2023
• ✓! Ravenswood Breakfast House
  cooked · April 26, 2024
• ✓ Sideshow Gelato
  cooked · May 12, 2023
• ✓ El Charro Mexican Food
  clean · January 13, 2026
• ✓ The Eco Flamingo
  clean · May 24, 2023

See every restaurant inspection in Lincoln Square →

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 April 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.