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Taco Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 20, 2021
- address3143 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Taco Bell clean?
Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 20, 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 August 20, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS AND GRIME ON TOP OF LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE LOCATED IN REAR DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was Taco Bell last inspected?
Taco Bell has 18 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 27, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| August 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 27, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2016 | — | |
| March 12, 2015 | Pass |
Taco Bell vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 August 20, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.