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Jerk Taco Man
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 19, 2018
- address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineMobile Food Preparer
Is Jerk Taco Man clean?
Jerk Taco Man is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 19, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jerk Taco Man?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL PROCEDURE ON SITE. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010. No citation issued.
When was Jerk Taco Man last inspected?
Jerk Taco Man has 8 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| July 2, 2019 | — | |
| July 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2018 | — | |
| July 3, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 1, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2017 | Fail |
Jerk Taco Man vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 July 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.