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Taco House
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 5, 2018
- address333 N Central Ave, Chicago 60644
Is Taco House clean?
Taco House is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 5, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Taco House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #19 FROM REPORT #2151202 ON 3/29/18 NOT CORRECTED: 19 - OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LITTER AND GARBAGE ON THE GROUND SURROUNDING THE GARBAGE AND GREASE DUMPSTERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.criticalPrevious Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #19 FROM REPORT #2151202 ON 3/29/18 NOT CORRECTED: 19 - OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LITTER AND GARBAGE ON THE GROUND SURROUNDING THE GARBAGE AND GREASE DUMPSTERS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE OUTSIDE GARBAGE AREA AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090.
When was Taco House last inspected?
Taco House has 19 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| April 5, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2014 | Fail |
Taco House vs Austin
Austin runs 65% clean across 770 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 148 mid, 121 cooked.
Against the 770 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 April 5, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.