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Taco Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 13, 2021
- address3509 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Taco Bell clean?
Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 13, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taco Bell?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 13, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 CLEAN THE WALL NEXT TO THE STEAMER UNIT. CLEAN THE FLOOR BENEATH THE STEAMER UNIT.
When was Taco Bell last inspected?
Taco Bell has 20 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 2, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2015 | Pass |
Taco Bell vs Dunning
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, 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 December 13, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.