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Taco Mario's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 6, 2026
- address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineMobile Food Preparer
Is Taco Mario's clean?
Taco Mario's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taco Mario's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15: NO SCREEN AT FRONT SERVICE WINDOW, REAR EXIT DOOR HAS HOLE AND SCREEN IS SEPARATING FROM DOOR FRAME INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-402.11: STEAM TABLE MUST BE FIXED TO TABLE SO NOT TO MOVE WHILE IN TRANSIT. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
When was Taco Mario's last inspected?
Taco Mario's has 10 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 27, 2026 | — | |
| July 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Taco Mario's vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.