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El Taconazo Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 7, 2015
- address5849 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629
Is El Taconazo Restaurant clean?
El Taconazo Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 7, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Taconazo Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS OVER FLOWING ON TO THE GROUND AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALSO CALL FOR ADDITIONAL PICK UP OR ADDITIONAL DUMPSTERS CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090. PREMISES HAD THEIR TRUCK REMOVE ALL EXCESSIVE GARBAGE AND CLEANED WITH BLEACH AND WATER AT THIS TIME.criticalPrevious Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • OBSERVED THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTERS OVER FLOWING ON TO THE GROUND AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALSO CALL FOR ADDITIONAL PICK UP OR ADDITIONAL DUMPSTERS CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090. PREMISES HAD THEIR TRUCK REMOVE ALL EXCESSIVE GARBAGE AND CLEANED WITH BLEACH AND WATER AT THIS TIME.
- ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • VIOLATION MOVED TO VIOLATION 14, CDI SEE ABOVE VIOLATION 14.Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • VIOLATION MOVED TO VIOLATION 14, CDI SEE ABOVE VIOLATION 14.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS, INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS OR BAGGIES/ZIP LOCK ETC.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS, INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS OR BAGGIES/ZIP LOCK ETC.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED FRONT COOLER, AND REAR FREEZER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL CUTTING BOARDS, AND PREP TABLES.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR FRONT AND REAR NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT/PREP TABLESFloors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR FRONT AND REAR NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT/PREP TABLES
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUSTY VENTS AND LIGHT SHIELDS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DUSTY VENTS AND LIGHT SHIELDS, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • OBSERVED LIMITED LIGHTS THRU-OUT, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
When was El Taconazo Restaurant last inspected?
El Taconazo Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| October 7, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 30, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 4, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2014 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2014 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2011 | Pass |
El Taconazo Restaurant vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 October 7, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.