Aztecas Mex Taqueria

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 5, 2013
• address5421 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Aztecas Mex Taqueria clean?

Aztecas Mex Taqueria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 5, 2013. 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 Aztecas Mex Taqueria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 5, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NO HAIR RESTRAINT; INSTRUCTED FOOD HANDLER MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NO HAIR RESTRAINT; INSTRUCTED FOOD HANDLER MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINT.
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICE; OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER/CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER TOUCHING/SCRATCHING FACE/NOSE WHILE PREPARING TACOS, HOWEVER NOT WASHING HIS HANDS. INSTRUCTED HAND MUST BE WASHED AFTER ANY CONTAMINATING CONDITION INSIDE THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK WITH WARM WATER AND SOAP. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010(A).
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE COOLER AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED; INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • PREP FOODS INSIDE STORAGE COOLER AND DRIED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED; INSTRUCTED TO DATE/LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED; INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED/INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • CLEAN MULTI-USE UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED; INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORED/INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DEBRIS/FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD-UP ON EQUIPMENT; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; FREEZERS, BOTTOM PANELS OF STEAM TABLE AND COOKING EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE SHELVES AT FRONT BAR AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS AND GREASE ON FLOORS; MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AT KITCHEN AND AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS INSIDE FURNACE CLOSET AND REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DEBRIS AND GREASE ON FLOORS; MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AT KITCHEN AND AT CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS INSIDE FURNACE CLOSET AND REAR STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OPENING ON WALLS AT REAR STORAGE AREA; INSTRUCTED TO SEAL TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY. DAMAGED CEILING PANELS AT REAR NEAR THE WASHROOMS; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE PANELS. EXCESSIVE GREASE ON HOOD AND FILTERS; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OPENING ON WALLS AT REAR STORAGE AREA; INSTRUCTED TO SEAL TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY. DAMAGED CEILING PANELS AT REAR NEAR THE WASHROOMS; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE PANELS. EXCESSIVE GREASE ON HOOD AND FILTERS; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Aztecas Mex Taqueria last inspected?

Aztecas Mex Taqueria has 5 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2011.

Aztecas Mex Taqueria vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 July 5, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.