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El Taconazo La Fiesta
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 28, 2023
- address7146 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60707
Is El Taconazo La Fiesta clean?
El Taconazo La Fiesta is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 28, 2023. 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 Taconazo La Fiesta?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11--OBSERVED PACKAGED FOOD STORAGE ITEMS, PACKAGED CUPS, TO GO CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS IN BOXED TRUCK BEHIND ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ITEMS INSIDE LICENSED FACILITY TO PROTECT ITEMS FROM SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11--OBSERVED PACKAGED FOOD STORAGE ITEMS, PACKAGED CUPS, TO GO CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS IN BOXED TRUCK BEHIND ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ITEMS INSIDE LICENSED FACILITY TO PROTECT ITEMS FROM SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13-- MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE GREASE FROM UNDER GRILL AT MAIN PREP LINE. MUST CLEAN HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP FROM INSIDE OF COOKING FRYER.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4-204.11--MUST CLEAN HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP AT VENTILATION HOOD TO PREVENT GREASE SPILLS ONTO FOOD.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 4-204.11--MUST CLEAN HEAVY GREASE BUILD UP AT VENTILATION HOOD TO PREVENT GREASE SPILLS ONTO FOOD.
When was El Taconazo La Fiesta last inspected?
El Taconazo La Fiesta has 24 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| February 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 18, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 5, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2019 | Fail | |
| December 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 28, 2017 | Pass |
El Taconazo La Fiesta vs Montclare
Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, 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 February 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.