Letty's Tacos

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 9, 2014
• address2603 W 71St St, Chicago 60629

Is Letty's Tacos clean?

Letty's Tacos is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 9, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Letty's Tacos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • FOUND A FULL ONE GALLON BOTTLE OF KRAFT MAYO SETTING OUTSIDE IN THE FOOD CART AT 72.5F. LABEL STATES MUST REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING. MANAGER DISCARDED IT. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • VIOLATION FOR FOOD PREPARATION OUTSIDE. INSTRUCTED NO FOOD CAN BE PREP OUTSIDE. NEED TO REMOVE THE FOOD CART FROM OUTSIDE. FOOD NOT PROTECTED. VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE FRONT 2 DOOR COOLER RUBBER GASKET TORN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED THE FRONT 2 DOOR COOLER RUBBER GASKET TORN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING AND NEW WALL NOT SEALED, INSTRUCTED TO FINISH CEILING, AND PAINT WALL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED MISSING CEILING AND NEW WALL NOT SEALED, INSTRUCTED TO FINISH CEILING, AND PAINT WALL.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN FRONT 2 DOOR COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN FRONT 2 DOOR COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Letty's Tacos last inspected?

Letty's Tacos has 4 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2013.

Letty's Tacos vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 9, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.