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
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous

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 79% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 30 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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