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Pacos Tacos
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 14, 2016
- address4311 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
Is Pacos Tacos clean?
Pacos Tacos is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 14, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Pacos Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 14, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED CHICHARRON VERDE AT 52.6F, GREEN AND RED SALSA AT 45.6F, AND COOKED RICE AT 43.9F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 30# OF FOOD WORTH $50. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
- ⚠️Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed • OBSERVED LARGE CASES AND CONTAINERS OF FROZEN BEEF BEING THAWED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED ON PROPER METHODS TO THAW FROZEN FOODS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed • OBSERVED LARGE CASES AND CONTAINERS OF FROZEN BEEF BEING THAWED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED ON PROPER METHODS TO THAW FROZEN FOODS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
- ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM 9/28/15 NOT POSTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. PREMISES HAD 2 SUMMARIES POSTED FROM 2011 AND 2013. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. ALL PREVIOUS YEARS SUMAMRY REPORTS MUST BE REMOVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM 9/28/15 NOT POSTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. PREMISES HAD 2 SUMMARIES POSTED FROM 2011 AND 2013. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. ALL PREVIOUS YEARS SUMAMRY REPORTS MUST BE REMOVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
When was Pacos Tacos last inspected?
Pacos Tacos has 13 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| September 14, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 28, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 23, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2013 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2011 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2010 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2010 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2010 | Pass |
Pacos Tacos vs Brighton Park
Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 September 14, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.