El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 26, 2025
• address2700 N Central Ave, Chicago 60639

Is El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc. clean?

El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 26, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT HANDSINKS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PLACE HANDWASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDSINKS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 OBSERVED REAR EXTERIOR DOOR IN HALL WITH 1/4 INCH GAP AT BOTTOM SIDE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE DOOR TIGHT-FITTING. • 6-202.13 OBSERVED INSECT DEVICE INSTALLED BY FACILITY OVER FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND HAVE LICENSED PEST CONTROL SERVICE INSTALL INSECT CONTROL DEVICE IN AREA AWAY FROM FOOD PREP AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-202.15 OBSERVED CAN OPENER WITH BUILDUP OF FOOD GRIME AND RUST. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN OR REPLACE. • 4-501.11 OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON SINGLE DOOR OF THREE DOOR COOLER IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL GASKETS IN GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12 OBSERVED THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS NOT LABELED, MARKING EACH COMPARTMENT, WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL SINK COMPARTMENTS AND MAINTAIN THEM.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12 OBSERVED THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS NOT LABELED, MARKING EACH COMPARTMENT, WASH-RINSE-SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL SINK COMPARTMENTS AND MAINTAIN THEM.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED BUILDUP OF FOOD GRIME ON THE INTERIOR OF COLD HOLD UNITS IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11 OBSERVED DAMAGED WALLBASE NEAR WALK-IN COOLER WITH SEVERE DAMAGE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc. last inspected?

El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc. has 21 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Taconazo La Fiesta Inc. vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.