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Taco Max
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 4, 2022
- address4009 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Taco Max clean?
Taco Max is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 4, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Taco Max?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2022. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Taco Max last inspected?
Taco Max has 15 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| October 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 2, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 17, 2019 | Fail |
Taco Max vs Irving Park
Irving Park runs 36% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 290 clean, 73 mid, 440 cooked.
Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 4, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.