El Tarasco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 8, 2025
• address4358 W 51St St, Chicago 60632

Is El Tarasco clean?

El Tarasco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Tarasco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • MISSING COMMON NAME ON DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS/SPICES. INSTD TO LABEL WITH COMMON NAME AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTD TO STORE IN A CLEAN PROTECTED MANNER
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. INSTD TO STORE IN A CLEAN PROTECTED MANNER
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • REUSING SINGLE SERVICE COUNTRY CROCK BUTTER CONTAINERS FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTD TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS DESIGNED FOR MULTI USE.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • REUSING SINGLE SERVICE COUNTRY CROCK BUTTER CONTAINERS FOR FOOD STORAGE. INSTD TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS DESIGNED FOR MULTI USE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • WHEELS OF FRYERS WITH EXCESSIVE GREASE ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BEVERAGE DRAIN LINE IMPROPERLY DRAINING INTO SINK (BASEMENT BAR). INSTD TO HAVE PROPERLY ROUTED/DRAINING AND MAINTAIN

When was El Tarasco last inspected?

El Tarasco has 27 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Tarasco vs Archer Heights

Archer Heights runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 56 mid, 33 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 35% of them.

Other spots in Archer Heights

• ✓ El Tarasco
  clean · April 28, 2010
• ? Marathon
  cooked · October 11, 2012
• ✓ Vicom
  clean · February 9, 2010
• ✓ Gold Coast Car Wash&Oil Change
  clean · June 19, 2020
• ✓! Supermarket & Taqueria Caro
  mid · May 10, 2019
• ✓ Taqueria Pueblo Nuevo
  clean · March 4, 2010

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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 August 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.