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El Taco Feliz Taqueria
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 25, 2015
- address5439 W Addison St, Chicago 60641
Is El Taco Feliz Taqueria clean?
El Taco Feliz Taqueria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 25, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Taco Feliz Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalFacilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FACILITIES UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES. TALL REACH-IN COOLER FOUND AT 48.3F WITH FOODS SUCH AS COOKED AND COOLED STUFFED PEPPERS AT 47.1F. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS FOUND HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COOLER. APPROXIMATELY 3LBS COOKED STUFFED PEPPERS AT 47.1F, 2 LBS CHICKEN AT 48.3F, 2LBS HAM AT 47.7F, 1 LB BACON AT 48.3F, 1,5LBS CHEESE AT 46.9F. MANAGEMENT STATES ESTIMATED VALUE TO BE $30.00. ALL FOODS DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
- ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • BULK DRY BEANS MUST BE LABELED.Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • BULK DRY BEANS MUST BE LABELED.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE TIN FOIL AS A LINER FOR SHELVING IN THE KITCHEN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST NOT USE TIN FOIL AS A LINER FOR SHELVING IN THE KITCHEN.
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE AN INTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED TALL REACH-IN COOLER.Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE AN INTERNAL THERMOMETER FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED TALL REACH-IN COOLER.
- ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.
When was El Taco Feliz Taqueria last inspected?
El Taco Feliz Taqueria has 5 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 16, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| June 25, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 21, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 13, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 16, 2013 | Pass |
El Taco Feliz Taqueria vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 June 25, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.