Love Taco

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 27, 2017
• address111 E 51St St, Chicago 60615

Is Love Taco clean?

Love Taco is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 27, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Love Taco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • OBSERVED NO HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AT EXPOSED SINK, 3-COMPARTMENT SINK, WASHBOWL AND UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HOT RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON DUTY OR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS(BEEF 167.6F, BEANS 151.9F)PREPARED AND SERVED. A CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE POSTED AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012A
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INVERT ALL CARRYOUT CONTAINERS IN PREP AREA TO PROTECT FROM DUST, DIRT, CONTAMINATION.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • INVERT ALL CARRYOUT CONTAINERS IN PREP AREA TO PROTECT FROM DUST, DIRT, CONTAMINATION.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS, FREEZERS, COOKING EQUIPMENT, HOLDING UNITS, PREP TABLES, WINDOW LEDGES, AND SHELVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER(DUST BUILDUP, DEBRIS, ETC).
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, AND DINING/LOBBY AREAS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, STORAGE, AND DINING/LOBBY AREAS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE DUST BUILDUP ON CEILING TILES AND CEILING VENTS IN PREP AREA.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REMOVE DUST BUILDUP ON CEILING TILES AND CEILING VENTS IN PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN ALL COOLERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • STORE MOP HEAD UPRIGHT TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. REMOVE ALL LITTER AND DEBRIS IN OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA. ELEVATE ALL STOCK OFF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN REAR STORAGE AREA FOR EASY CLEANING AND PEST CONTROL.

When was Love Taco last inspected?

Love Taco has 3 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2017.

Love Taco vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 27, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.