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Taco Bell Cantina
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 2, 2024
- address948 W Armitage Ave, 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 May 2, 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 May 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES. MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE.
When was Taco Bell Cantina last inspected?
Taco Bell Cantina has 9 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 9, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| May 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 23, 2021 | — | |
| March 9, 2021 | — |
Taco Bell Cantina vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 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 May 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.