El Tarasco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2026 →
• 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 27, 2026. 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 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was El Tarasco last inspected?

El Tarasco has 30 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Tarasco vs Archer Heights

Archer Heights runs 78% clean across 154 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 30 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 154 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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
  cooked · 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.

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 August 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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