Erick's Taco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 15, 2013
• address1967 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60640

Is Erick's Taco clean?

Erick's Taco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 15, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Erick's Taco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 15, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED CALCIUM BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE AND AT HORACHATA MACHINE NOZZLE. MUST CLEAN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND HORACHATA DRINK MACHINE.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • 3-COMPARTMENT SINK HOT WATER HANDLE LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SINK ALSO MUST PROVIDE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR ICE MACHINE/MUST BE VISIBLE.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO METAL STEM THEROMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND CALIBRATE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO METAL STEM THEROMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND CALIBRATE METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • ICE SCOOP IMPROPERLY STORED ON TOP OF ICE MACHINE. MUST PROVIDE CLEAN CONTAINER FOR ICE SCOOP.

When was Erick's Taco last inspected?

Erick's Taco has 3 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2012.

Erick's Taco vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 August 15, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.