Cooked?
Tacos El Pastor 53
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026
- address5319 S Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago 60615
Is Tacos El Pastor 53 clean?
Tacos El Pastor 53 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tacos El Pastor 53?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Tacos El Pastor 53 last inspected?
Tacos El Pastor 53 has 7 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Tacos El Pastor 53 vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.
Other spots in Hyde Park
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 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.