Flash Taco -N- Underdogg

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 12, 2013
• address1570-1/2 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Flash Taco -N- Underdogg clean?

Flash Taco -N- Underdogg is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 12, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Flash Taco -N- Underdogg?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 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 • Exterior of cooking equipment, interior panel of ice machine, sinks, utensils, exhasut and filters not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily. Floor tile missing in areas. Instructed to replace missing floor tile.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor along wallbase and behind equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily. Floor tile missing in areas. Instructed to replace missing floor tile.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Ceiling tile missing in prep area. Instructed to replace missing ceiling tile.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Ceiling tile missing in prep area. Instructed to replace missing ceiling tile.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Thermometer not provided in prep coolers or walk-in cooler. Instructed to provided thermometer conspicuous inside all coolers.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Thermometer not provided in prep coolers or walk-in cooler. Instructed to provided thermometer conspicuous inside all coolers.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Thermometer not provided in prep coolers or walk-in cooler. Instructed to provided thermometer conspicuous inside all coolers.

When was Flash Taco -N- Underdogg last inspected?

Flash Taco -N- Underdogg has 18 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Flash Taco -N- Underdogg vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 12, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.