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El Patron Pinches Tacos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 2, 2025
- address6832 W Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
Is El Patron Pinches Tacos clean?
El Patron Pinches Tacos is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Patron Pinches Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MISSING PREP/DUMP SINK AT BAR AREA. INSTD TO INSTALL IN SAME AREA WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AND MAINTAIN
When was El Patron Pinches Tacos last inspected?
El Patron Pinches Tacos has 2 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2024 | Pass |
El Patron Pinches Tacos vs Clearing
Clearing runs 73% clean across 157 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 23 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 157 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 December 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.