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El Santo Taqueria
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2018
- address3352-3354 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625
Is El Santo Taqueria clean?
El Santo Taqueria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 31, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Santo Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14-NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11- NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
- 🧼hand hygiene slippingcriticalProper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B) NO VISIBLE THERMOMETER IN 3 REACH IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13- MUST CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SIDES OF THE STOVE AND GRILL WITH GREASE ACCUMULATED AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-201.12- BACKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE ON THE MOP SINK FAUCET NOT LOCATED. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE,SERVICE AND MAINTAINED.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11-MISSING FLOOR TILES IN THE BACK STORAGE AREA . INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST OBTAIN A FOOD HANDLING TRAINING CERTIFICATE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST OBTAIN A FOOD HANDLING TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
When was El Santo Taqueria last inspected?
El Santo Taqueria has 3 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| June 13, 2019 | — | |
| October 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
El Santo Taqueria vs North Park
North Park runs 61% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 37 mid, 51 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in North Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 October 31, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.