El Taconazo Jr.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 1, 2026 →
• address4256 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639

Is El Taconazo Jr. clean?

El Taconazo Jr. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Taconazo Jr.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was El Taconazo Jr. last inspected?

El Taconazo Jr. has 23 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

El Taconazo Jr. vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 78% clean across 367 tracked restaurants — 283 clean, 67 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 367 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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• ✓ Super Jalapeno Grill
  cooked · August 28, 2015
• ✓ Tbd
  cooked · April 2, 2015

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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 October 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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