Cooked?
Taco Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 26, 2024
- address22 E Chicago Ave, Chicago 60611
Is Taco Bell clean?
Taco Bell is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 26, 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?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2024. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Taco Bell last inspected?
Taco Bell has 9 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 10, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2019 | Fail |
Taco Bell vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, 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 December 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.