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Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 7, 2026
- address7301 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60629
Is Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc clean?
Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND-WASHING SIGN IN RESTROOM. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDSINKS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PREP COOLER IN DINING ROOM AREA UNLOCKED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO MAINTAIN COOLER LOCKED WHILE NOT IN USE BY EMPLOYEE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM CUSTOMER INTERFERANCE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PREP COOLER IN DINING ROOM AREA UNLOCKED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO MAINTAIN COOLER LOCKED WHILE NOT IN USE BY EMPLOYEE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM CUSTOMER INTERFERANCE.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THREE COMPARMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY LABELED WITH WASH/RINSE/SANITIZE COMPARTMENTS DESIGNATED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED THREE COMPARMENT SINK NOT PROPERLY LABELED WITH WASH/RINSE/SANITIZE COMPARTMENTS DESIGNATED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL ON SIDE AND BEHIND THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE DAMAGED WITH PEELING PAINT. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AREA TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE FOR CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AND RETAIN CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
When was Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc last inspected?
Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc has 12 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2020 | Fail |
Pacheco's Tacos Restaurant Llc vs Chicago Lawn
Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.