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Flaco's Tacos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 3, 2026
- address46 E Chicago Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Flaco's Tacos clean?
Flaco's Tacos is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Flaco's Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED HOLES/CRACKS IN BASEMENT FLOOR IN GREASE TRAP ROOM. MUST SEAL HOLES IN BASEMENT FLOOR.
When was Flaco's Tacos last inspected?
Flaco's Tacos has 24 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 22, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 25, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Flaco's Tacos vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.