El Taco Azteca

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 16, 2026 →
• address2151 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608

Is El Taco Azteca clean?

El Taco Azteca is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at El Taco Azteca?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was El Taco Azteca last inspected?

El Taco Azteca has 18 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Taco Azteca vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 80% clean across 699 tracked restaurants — 551 clean, 98 mid, 38 cooked.

Against the 699 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

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  clean · January 5, 2022
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• ✓ Senoritas
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• ✓! Senoritas
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• ✕ Damen Food Market
  cooked · May 6, 2020

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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