Gordo's Tamales

2811 W 55th St, Chicago, IL 60632

Passed · Jun 25, 2025 Directions
93
Excellent BiteKarma score 93 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 8 of 10 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Jun 25, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 7 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 10 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jun 25

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Dec 17

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
  5. Passed Apr 23

    Canvass

    1 violation
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Aug 16

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    3 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used

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