El Taco Azteca

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: FLY STRIP HANGING ABOVE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND TO NOT HANG FLY STRIPS IN ANY FOOD PREP AREAS. MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: WIPING CLOTHS ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (SANITIZER MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM). MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: THE LEFT PREP COOLER DOOR CLOSEST TO THE STOVE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA IS IN POOR REPAIR. IT COMES OFF THE HINGE WHEN OPENED. INSTRUCTED TO FIX DOOR AND MAINTAIN GOOD REPAIR.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH GREASE AND CHARRED MATERIALS ON THE LOWER SURFACE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: THE WATER STILL RUNS WHEN TURNED OFF AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN GOOD PLUMBING.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: THE FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, IN THE WALK IN COOLERS, UNDER/AROUND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, SINKS AND STORAGE RACKS WITH FOOD, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS THROUGHOUT.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 12, 2025: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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