• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 25, 2016 →
• address2429 W Division St, Chicago 60622

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Is El Paisano Taco's clean?

El Paisano Taco's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 25, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Paisano Taco's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained

When was El Paisano Taco's last inspected?

El Paisano Taco's has 17 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Paisano Taco's vs West Town

West Town runs 77% clean across 1,250 tracked restaurants — 958 clean, 251 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,250 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 25, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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