Taco Joint

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 20, 2019 →
• address1969 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is Taco Joint clean?

Taco Joint is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on October 5, 2020, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass on September 20, 2019. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Taco Joint?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 20, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Taco Joint last inspected?

Taco Joint has 16 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taco Joint vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 78% clean across 892 tracked restaurants — 687 clean, 174 mid, 21 cooked.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓ Taco Joint
  clean · November 2, 2010
• ✓ Peeled
  cooked · April 27, 2011
• ✓ Kamehachi
  clean · February 2, 2026
• ✓ Kamehachi
  clean · July 21, 2011
• ✓! Venice Pizza
  cooked · February 14, 2012
• ✓ Del Seoul
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 20, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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