Aztec Dave's Food Truck

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 29, 2024
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Aztec Dave's Food Truck clean?

Aztec Dave's Food Truck is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 29, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Aztec Dave's Food Truck?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT ON TRUCK AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED. CORRECTED ON SITE.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • FOUND NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED. CORRECTED ON SITE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN CUTTING BOARDS, HOT AND COLD HOLDING EQUIPMENT, FRYER ETC AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • NO HOT OR COLD RUNNING WATER ON TRUCK AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. TRUCK WAS NOT FILLED AT COMMISSARY WITH FRESH WATER PER MANAGER AND OWNER FOR DAILY OPERATION.
  Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure • NO HOT OR COLD RUNNING WATER ON TRUCK AS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. TRUCK WAS NOT FILLED AT COMMISSARY WITH FRESH WATER PER MANAGER AND OWNER FOR DAILY OPERATION.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND WALLS ON TRUCK AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTS ABOVE THE GRILL NEED CLEANING IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM; CLEAN SAME.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTS ABOVE THE GRILL NEED CLEANING IN THE VENTILATION SYSTEM; CLEAN SAME.

When was Aztec Dave's Food Truck last inspected?

Aztec Dave's Food Truck has 13 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Aztec Dave's Food Truck vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 46% 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 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.