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Taco Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 26, 2025
- address3001 N Broadway, Chicago 60657
Is Taco Bell clean?
Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 26, 2025. 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 June 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED TWO (2) OF THREE (3) LIGHTS IN THE OVERHEAD EXHAUST SYSTEM OVER THE FRYERS IN THE REAR TO NOT BE FUNCTIONAL AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE LIGHTS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED TWO (2) OF THREE (3) LIGHTS IN THE OVERHEAD EXHAUST SYSTEM OVER THE FRYERS IN THE REAR TO NOT BE FUNCTIONAL AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE LIGHTS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MISSING FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, AND MAINTAIN PROOF OF COMPLETION. MANAGER UNABLE TO FIND COPIES FOR INDIVUDUAL EMPLOYEES AT THIS TIME.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MISSING FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, AND MAINTAIN PROOF OF COMPLETION. MANAGER UNABLE TO FIND COPIES FOR INDIVUDUAL EMPLOYEES AT THIS TIME.
When was Taco Bell last inspected?
Taco Bell has 10 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 15, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Taco Bell vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 June 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.