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Taco Bell Cantina
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 4, 2024
- address2407-2409 N Clark St, Chicago 60614
Is Taco Bell Cantina clean?
Taco Bell Cantina is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 4, 2024. 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 Taco Bell Cantina?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS CHICKEN, BEEF, BEANS, RICE CHILI ETC, INSTRUCTED ABOVE THAT CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER HAS TO BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES TCS FOODS AREA BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT PROPERLY LABELED. MUST PROPERLY LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 01/23/2024 INSPECTION REPORT#2588459. VIOLATION #58 ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 01/23/2024 INSPECTION REPORT#2588459. VIOLATION #58 ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST HAVE PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
When was Taco Bell Cantina last inspected?
Taco Bell Cantina has 9 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| June 4, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2020 | — |
Taco Bell Cantina vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.
Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln 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 June 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.