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Lito's Taco And Empanada House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2024
- address2460 N Clark St, Chicago 60614
Is Lito's Taco And Empanada House clean?
Lito's Taco And Empanada House is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 10, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Lito's Taco And Empanada House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED A TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE 2-DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR TORN DOOR GASKET.
When was Lito's Taco And Empanada House last inspected?
Lito's Taco And Empanada House has 8 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| October 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2023 | — | |
| August 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Lito's Taco And Empanada House 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 0% 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 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.