El Terco Leon Taqueria

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 20, 2025 →
• address7152 N California Ave, Chicago 60645

Is El Terco Leon Taqueria clean?

El Terco Leon Taqueria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Terco Leon Taqueria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was El Terco Leon Taqueria last inspected?

El Terco Leon Taqueria has 6 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2020.

El Terco Leon Taqueria vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 76% clean across 368 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 74 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 368 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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.

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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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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