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Taco Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 13, 2026
- address178 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60601
Is Taco Bell clean?
Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 13, 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 March 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 : MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS (SQUEEZE BOTTLES) WHEN FOOD IS NOT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGE WITH COMMON NAME.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • : 6-201.13 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED FLOORING UNDERNEATH RUG IN DINING AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER.
When was Taco Bell last inspected?
Taco Bell has 15 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 9, 2021 | Pass |
Taco Bell vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 March 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.