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El Rey Del Taco & Burrito
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026
- address4835-4837 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
Is El Rey Del Taco & Burrito clean?
El Rey Del Taco & Burrito is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Rey Del Taco & Burrito?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Rey Del Taco & Burrito last inspected?
El Rey Del Taco & Burrito has 23 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 8, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 19, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2017 | Fail |
El Rey Del Taco & Burrito vs Archer Heights
Archer Heights runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 56 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.