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Broken English Taco Pub
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 17, 2026
- address75 E Lake St, Chicago 60601
Is Broken English Taco Pub clean?
Broken English Taco Pub is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Broken English Taco Pub?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS,LID AND GASKET OF CHEST FREEZER TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR. • 4-501.12 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE WORN AND DISCOLORED CUTTING BOARDS TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 : OBSERVED MISSING AND EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR SEVERAL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 : OBSERVED MISSING AND EXPIRED FOOD HANDLERS TRAINING FOR SEVERAL EMPLOYEES MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Broken English Taco Pub last inspected?
Broken English Taco Pub has 23 inspections on record going back to April 7, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 27, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 20, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2021 | Pass |
Broken English Taco Pub vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 June 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.