Taco Bell is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result β no violations of any severity were recorded.
Taco Bell has 7 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 28, 2021 | Pass |
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants β 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 45% of them.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.