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El Cid Tacos #2
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 18, 2025
- address2645 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60647
Is El Cid Tacos #2 clean?
El Cid Tacos #2 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 18, 2025. 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 El Cid Tacos #2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • Obstructed hand wash sink in bar area, a rack of clean glasses placed over sink. Instructed to keep hand wash accessible at all times. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-030.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • Low temp dish machine not sanitizing at final rinse, 0ppm obtained on test strips. machine being used during inspection, Instructed manager to provide proper sanitizer concentration at final rinse. Priority violation 7-38-025.
When was El Cid Tacos #2 last inspected?
El Cid Tacos #2 has 22 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 18, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 31, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 10, 2019 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 18, 2017 | Pass |
El Cid Tacos #2 vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.