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Flash Taco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2017
- address2247 E 71St St, Chicago 60649
Is Flash Taco clean?
Flash Taco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 8, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Flash Taco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE RUBBER GASKET AT THE TWO DOOR PREP COOLER ON THE LEFT SIDE LOOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR; REPLACE THE GASKET TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR FROM THE UNIT.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE RUBBER GASKET AT THE TWO DOOR PREP COOLER ON THE LEFT SIDE LOOSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR; REPLACE THE GASKET TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR FROM THE UNIT.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE GRILL, STOVE AND DEEP FRYERS. ALSO CLEAN THE BOTTOM INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR AROUND AND UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR AROUND AND UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE VENTILATION FAN COVER ON THE CEILING OF THE WASHROOM WITH DUST; CLEAN COVER TO REMOVE DUST.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED THE VENTILATION FAN COVER ON THE CEILING OF THE WASHROOM WITH DUST; CLEAN COVER TO REMOVE DUST.
When was Flash Taco last inspected?
Flash Taco has 7 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| September 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2015 | — |
Flash Taco vs South Shore
South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 September 8, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.