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El Potosi Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 7, 2025
- address3710 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618
Is El Potosi Taqueria clean?
El Potosi Taqueria is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 7, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at El Potosi Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN CONTAINERS IN ALL THE COOLERS, WALK IN COOLER AND DRY STORAGE WITHOUT PROPER LABELING OF NAME. INSTRUCTED TO PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE A LABEL REFLECTING THE FOOD ITEM'S NAME WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVE FROM ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN IN THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN.
When was El Potosi Taqueria last inspected?
El Potosi Taqueria has 21 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| March 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2020 | — | |
| November 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2017 | Pass |
El Potosi Taqueria vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 36% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 290 clean, 73 mid, 440 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.