Holy Taco!

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2020
• address953 W Webster Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Holy Taco! clean?

Holy Taco! is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Holy Taco!?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PERSON IN CHARGE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION DOES NOT HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED -
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO ORIGINAL AND VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED NOR PROVIDED ON SITE FOR PRESENT MANAGER ON DUTY. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. A LEAST ONE CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE WHEN FOOD IS HANDLED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION: 7-38-012.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN AND KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PROCEDURE/PLAN AND TO MAINTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED PREPARED TCS FOODS NOT PROPERLY DATE LABELED. MUST PROPERLY DATE LABELED FOODS WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS ON ALL TCS FOODS(COOKED BEEF/PORK). PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-005.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • FOOD STORED IN CONTAINERS MUST BE LABELLED WITH COMMON NAME
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • BLACK SUBSTANCE ON SHELVES INSIDE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLERS, MUST BE CLEANED AND MAINTAINED • PARTIAL OF THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IS HELD BY A WIRE,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WIRE AND REPAIR SAID SINK.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14- OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INFORMED THAT SANITIZING TEST KIT IS NEEDED ON SITE TO DETERMINE PROPER CONCENTRATIONS OF SANITIZING SOLUTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION # 7-38-005
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-302.14- OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL TEST KIT ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INFORMED THAT SANITIZING TEST KIT IS NEEDED ON SITE TO DETERMINE PROPER CONCENTRATIONS OF SANITIZING SOLUTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION # 7-38-005
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKING PIPE UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK MUST BE REPAIRED WITH A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AN NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO LID PROVIDED AT RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • NO LID PROVIDED AT RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED RAW UNFINISHED WOOD WALL PANELS, ON SOUTH WALL OF FRONT COOK LINE AREA. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CLUTTER AND DEBRIS, STAINLESS STEEL PANS, BOXES, PATIO FURNITURE, ETC. STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ORGANIZE AREA, DETAIL AREA, ELEVATE ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCH OFF FLOOR AND REMOVE ANY UNNECESSARY ITEMS. MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. - • EXCESS DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT AREA,SWEEP AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDED
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. -

When was Holy Taco! last inspected?

Holy Taco! has 8 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2017.

Holy Taco! vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 17, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.