Taco Motora

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 15, 2026 →
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Taco Motora clean?

Taco Motora is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Taco Motora?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Taco Motora last inspected?

Taco Motora has 7 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2022.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 6 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

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Taco Motora vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 81% clean across 707 tracked restaurants — 560 clean, 96 mid, 39 cooked.

Against the 707 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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.

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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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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