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Los Tacos Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 5, 2023
- address3742 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Los Tacos Express clean?
Los Tacos Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 5, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Los Tacos Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-203.13 NOTED PREMISES HAD AN EXISTING MOPSINK THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. INSTRUCTED TO REINSTALL MOPSINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER EQUIPPED WITH BAKFLOW PREVENTER DEVICE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.16 INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE HEAVY WATER STAINED CEILING TILES ABOVE HALLWAY LEADING TO WASHROOM. • 6-201.13 INSTRUCTED TO SEAL HOLES ON WALL AROUND PREP/DISHWASHING AREA.
When was Los Tacos Express last inspected?
Los Tacos Express has 12 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| April 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 27, 2021 | — | |
| December 16, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 8, 2021 | — | |
| October 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2018 | Fail |
Los Tacos Express vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 April 5, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.