Tacos Castillo

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
• address10258 S Ewing Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Tacos Castillo clean?

Tacos Castillo is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tacos Castillo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED A MALE FOOD HANDLER WITH A BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED A MALE FOOD HANDLER WITH A BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 OBSERVED SCOOPS FOR FOOD IN THE COLD HOLDING UNIT BEING STORED INSIDE OF THE UNIT. PLATES ARE BEING USED TO SCOOP FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO NOT STORE SCOOPING PLATES DIRECTLY IN FOOD.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • 3-304.12 OBSERVED SCOOPS FOR FOOD IN THE COLD HOLDING UNIT BEING STORED INSIDE OF THE UNIT. PLATES ARE BEING USED TO SCOOP FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO NOT STORE SCOOPING PLATES DIRECTLY IN FOOD.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 OBSERVED OF BOXES NON TCS FOODS (SODA POP, TORTILLAS) BEING STORED DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE EVERYTHING AT LEAST 6 INCHES.

When was Tacos Castillo last inspected?

Tacos Castillo has 9 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2018.

Tacos Castillo vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.