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Yolis Tamales
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address5002 S Western Ave, Chicago 60609
Is Yolis Tamales clean?
Yolis Tamales is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Yolis Tamales?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • Using Foam cups as a scoop for bulk food containers, instructed to use proper scoops.
When was Yolis Tamales last inspected?
Yolis Tamales has 14 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2026 | — | |
| May 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2017 | Pass |
Yolis Tamales vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.