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Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 3, 2024
- address3801 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632
Is Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc clean?
Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 3, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ALL INTERIORS OF COLD HOLD UNITS WITH FOOD RESIDUE AND GRIME. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GRIME ON BOTTOM OF TOILET. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GRIME ON BOTTOM OF TOILET. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED LITTER ON GROUND AROUND DUMPSTER AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED LITTER ON GROUND AROUND DUMPSTER AREA. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OUTLET ON WALL NEAR HANDSINK ON THE SIDE OF COLD HOLD DELI UNIT WITHOUT COVER. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO COVER WALL OUTLET AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE BUILD UP OF GRIME AND LITTER BEHING AND BETWEEN COLD HOLD UNITS. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEE WITH NO CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REQUIRE FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEE TO OBTAIN TRAINING COURSE AND RETAIN CERTIFICATE ON SITE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEE WITH NO CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REQUIRE FOOD HANDLER EMPLOYEE TO OBTAIN TRAINING COURSE AND RETAIN CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE FOR PERSON IN CHARGE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AND RETAIN CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
When was Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc last inspected?
Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc has 9 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2023 | — | |
| May 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2020 | Fail |
Pinches Tacos Y Michoacana Inc 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 38% 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 October 3, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.