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El Taco Loca Restaurant
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 26, 2012
- address1726 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60640
Is El Taco Loca Restaurant clean?
El Taco Loca Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 26, 2012. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at El Taco Loca Restaurant?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 26, 2012. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Taco Loca Restaurant last inspected?
El Taco Loca Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to November 26, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 26, 2012 | closed by the city |
El Taco Loca Restaurant vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 November 26, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.