Disco Taco

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 26, 2018
• address1605 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Disco Taco clean?

Disco Taco is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 26, 2018. 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 Disco Taco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT CLEAN UP POLICY IN PLACE AND KIT ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED -
• ⚠️Proper Reheating Procedures For Hot Holding
  Proper Reheating Procedures For Hot Holding
• ⚠️Proper Cooling Time And Temperature
  Proper Cooling Time And Temperature
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17(A) ALL PREPARED FOODS IN COOLERS MUST BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH PRODUCT NAME, AND EXPIRATION DATE WITHIN 7 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. - -
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 NO SPLASH GUARD PROVIDED AT HAND WASHING SINK BY THE PREP COOLER AT FRONT AREA.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE - -
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 NO SPLASH GUARD PROVIDED AT HAND WASHING SINK BY THE PREP COOLER AT FRONT AREA.INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL,SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE - -
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.16 INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE/ICE BIN NOT MAINTAINED INTERIOR PANELS BROKEN. -
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-202.11: **C** Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures 5-202.11 GREASE TRAP UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IS RUSTY. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL -
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES. FACILITY MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES ON SITE FOR INSPECTION REVIEW. - - -
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED FACILITY MISSING REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES. FACILITY MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATION FOR ALL FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEES ON SITE FOR INSPECTION REVIEW. - - -
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGERS WITHOUT REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION. MUST OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Disco Taco last inspected?

Disco Taco has 7 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2015.

Disco Taco vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 October 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.