Tac Quick is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 22, 2016. 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 Tac Quick?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 22, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA.
Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • MUST LABEL ALL BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS INSIDE 2-DOOR UPRIGHT COOLER IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT IN THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF MICROWAVES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE AT THE FRONT SERVING STATION.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT BUILDUP ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT BUILDUP ON FLOOR IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA UNDERNEATH COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILINH TILES IN DINING AREA ABOVE FRONT COUNTER TOP. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT BUILDUP ON WALLS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED OPENING INTO WALL INSIDE WASHROOM. MUST SEAL AND MAINTAIN.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBERVED WATER DAMAGED CEILINH TILES IN DINING AREA ABOVE FRONT COUNTER TOP. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED GREASE AND DIRT BUILDUP ON WALLS IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED OPENING INTO WALL INSIDE WASHROOM. MUST SEAL AND MAINTAIN.
When was Tac Quick last inspected?
Tac Quick has 9 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2010.
date
result
score
October 20, 2016
closed by the city
February 22, 2016
Pass
September 11, 2015
Pass
October 30, 2014
Pass w/ Conditions
February 26, 2014
Pass
March 14, 2013
Pass
September 13, 2012
Pass
September 6, 2012
Fail
June 14, 2010
Pass w/ Conditions
Tac Quick vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 22, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.