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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 • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2628151 DATED 12/8/2025 NOT CORRECTED: VIOLATION #58 "ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE." MUST CORRECT PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION FROM REPORT #2628151 DATED 12/8/2025 NOT CORRECTED: VIOLATION #58 "ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE." MUST CORRECT PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
When was Vaca's Creamery last inspected?
Vaca's Creamery has 4 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2023 | — |
Vaca's Creamery vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.