El Taconazo Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026 →
• address3129 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647

Is El Taconazo Express clean?

El Taconazo Express is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at El Taconazo Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was El Taconazo Express last inspected?

El Taconazo Express has 15 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Taconazo Express vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 77% clean across 733 tracked restaurants — 558 clean, 145 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 733 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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.

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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 February 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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