Papi Real Taco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 3, 2011
• address3544 E 106Th St, Chicago 60617

Is Papi Real Taco clean?

Papi Real Taco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Papi Real Taco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS NOT INVERTED (HANDLE UP SO YOU ARE NOT PICKING UP FROM THE EATING SURFACE) INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Containers and utensils shall be inverted, covered, or otherwise protected from contamination until used. All single-service drinking straws and containers shall be discarded immediately after use.OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS NOT INVERTED (HANDLE UP SO YOU ARE NOT PICKING UP FROM THE EATING SURFACE) INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN INTERIOR OF REACH IN COOLER FAN GUARD COVER, FREEZER(WHITE REFRIGERATOR),MICROWAVE INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.CLEAN FLOOR UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • All parts of the food establishment and all parts of the property used in connection with the operation of the establishment shall be kept neat and clean and should not produce any offensive odors.OBSERVED CLUTTER GRILL, PLASTIC,ETC. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.

When was Papi Real Taco last inspected?

Papi Real Taco has 4 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2010.

Papi Real Taco vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in East Side

• ✕ Grocery Momax
  cooked · July 2, 2010
• ✓! Serbian Eastern Orthodox
  mid · March 14, 2025
• ✓ Serbian Eastern Orthodox
  clean · December 1, 2011
• ✓ Carnitas Frayros
  clean · February 22, 2011
• ✓! Antojitos Tapatios El Tradicio
  mid · June 5, 2013
• ✓ Ruby's Hot Grill
  clean · January 7, 2011

See every restaurant inspection in East Side →

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 March 3, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.