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Meson Del Taco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 23, 2026
- address3144 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Meson Del Taco clean?
Meson Del Taco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Meson Del Taco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED MINERAL BUILD UP INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES OF FISH STORED ON THE FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER. FOOD MUST BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION BY STORING THE FOOD AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED BOXES OF FISH STORED ON THE FLOOR IN WALK IN FREEZER. FOOD MUST BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION BY STORING THE FOOD AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED GREASE SPILLS ON FLOOR BY THE FRYER AT MAIN PREP LINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Meson Del Taco last inspected?
Meson Del Taco has 29 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 19, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 11, 2020 | Fail |
Meson Del Taco vs Montclare
Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 February 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.