Taco Rio

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2023 →
• address435-485 E Riverwalk, Chicago 60601
• cuisineSpecial Event

Is Taco Rio clean?

Taco Rio is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 16, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taco Rio?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present

When was Taco Rio last inspected?

Taco Rio has 2 inspections on record going back to August 18, 2022.

Taco Rio vs Loop

Loop runs 81% clean across 1,993 tracked restaurants — 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 1,993 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, 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 August 16, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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