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Taco Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 20, 2026
- address3509 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Taco Bell clean?
Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taco Bell?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2026. 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 8 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2021 | — |
Taco Bell vs Dunning
Dunning runs 35% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 104 clean, 29 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 February 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.