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Taco Bell

health inspection result · Lake View · Chicago

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Is Taco Bell clean?

Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 10, 2026. 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 September 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
    Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was Taco Bell last inspected?

Taco Bell has 11 inspections on record going back to October 10, 2018.

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September 10, 2026 Pass Short Form Complaint · 1 failed finding

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August 19, 2026 Pass Canvass · 1 failed finding

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September 24, 2025 Pass Complaint · 0 failed findings

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July 15, 2025 Pass Canvass · 1 failed finding

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June 6, 2023 Pass w/ Conditions Complaint · 6 failed findings

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April 20, 2022 Pass w/ Conditions Complaint · 4 failed findings

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May 13, 2020 Pass Complaint · 2 failed findings

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December 23, 2019 Pass Canvass · 1 failed finding

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November 28, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions Suspected Food Poisoning · 3 failed findings

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October 11, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions License · 3 failed findings

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October 10, 2018 Not Ready License · 0 failed findings

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Taco Bell vs Lake View

Lake View runs 80% clean across 1,115 tracked restaurants — 882 clean, 204 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 1,115 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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