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Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4)
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
- address11601 W Touhy Ave, Chicago 60666
Is Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4) clean?
Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4) is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED SALSA CUPS BEING THAWED IN PREP SINK. INSTRUTED TO THAW ITEMS EITHER UNDER RUNNING WATER OR INSIDE MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION.Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED SALSA CUPS BEING THAWED IN PREP SINK. INSTRUTED TO THAW ITEMS EITHER UNDER RUNNING WATER OR INSIDE MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED TEH FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT ISSUES THROUGHOUT FACILITY: HOT HOLD UNIT AT FRONT PREP AREA NOT WORKING, DOORS ON 2 DOOR COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA NOT LEVEL, NOT IN USE LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE, AND TORN GASKET IN INTERIOR OF 4 DRAWER COOLER LOCATED IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE ALL ITEMS AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NOTED BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS AND GRIME IN FLOOR DRAIN UNDERNEATH KEG COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANLDER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NOTED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANLDER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED MANAGER ON DUTY WITH EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES HOLDING CITY OF CHICAGO FOODSERVICE MANAGER CERTIFICATE MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
When was Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4) last inspected?
Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4) has 26 inspections on record going back to December 30, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2019 | Pass |
Frontera Tortas By Rick Bayless (T3 K4) vs Ohare
Ohare runs 72% clean across 434 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 78 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 434 spots Cooked tracks in Ohare, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.