Tamales Mi Chula

4638 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

Passed re-check · Jun 16, 2025 Directions
83
Good BiteKarma score 83 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 3 of 4 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Jun 16, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 5, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 2 times, plus 2 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jun 16

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    2 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
  3. Failed May 5

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  4. 2024
  5. Passed May 10

    Complaint

    3 violations
    • Allergen training as required
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • All food employees have food handler training
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Dec 12

    License

    2 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Allergen training as required

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