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Papi's Tacos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 14, 2020
- address2320 W Taylor St, Chicago 60612
Is Papi's Tacos clean?
Papi's Tacos is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 14, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Papi's Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 14, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COLD HOLDING COOLER WITHOUT BEING COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY COVER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAINContamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COLD HOLDING COOLER WITHOUT BEING COVERED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY COVER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND MAINTAIN
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS, SHELVES, AND EXTERIOR OF EQUIPMENT WITH ACCUMULATION OF FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
When was Papi's Tacos last inspected?
Papi's Tacos has 19 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| February 14, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2015 | Pass |
Papi's Tacos vs East Garfield Park
East Garfield Park runs 36% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 184 clean, 45 mid, 279 cooked.
Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.