Taqueria La Morena

4530 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60651

Passed re-check · May 21, 2025 Directions
85
Good BiteKarma score 85 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 5 of 6 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected May 21, 2025: passed with 6 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 14, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 4 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 10 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed May 21

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    6 violations
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
  3. Failed May 14

    Canvass

    8 violations
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
  4. 2024
  5. Visit Dec 5

    Non-Inspection

  6. Visit Jul 18

    Non-Inspection

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