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Taco Joint
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2018
- address158 W Ontario St, Chicago 60654
Is Taco Joint clean?
Taco Joint is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 17, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Taco Joint?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF COMPLETED TRAINING ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-012(A), NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO POLICY IN PLACE FOR CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MUST PROVIDE POLICY AND MAINTAIN REQUIRED CLEAN UP MATERIALS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A MAJORITY OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES TO BE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST MAINTAIN CURRENT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF COMPLETION ON SITE.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A MAJORITY OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES TO BE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST MAINTAIN CURRENT FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF COMPLETION ON SITE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS ON SITE WITH REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST COMPLETE ALLERGEN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367. NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was Taco Joint last inspected?
Taco Joint has 16 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 24, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| July 17, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2015 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 9, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 13, 2013 | Pass |
Taco Joint vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 July 17, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.