Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 10, 2025
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck clean?

Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 10, 2025. 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 Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER'S CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • NO LICENSE NUMBER PRINTED ON LATERAL SIDES OF THE MFP. MUST PROVIDE THE CORRECT LICENSE NUMBER AT LEAST 2 INCHES TALL ON THE LATERAL SIDES OF THE VEHICLE.

When was Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck last inspected?

Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck has 2 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2023.

Me-Ga Carnitas Taco Truck vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 June 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.