• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 3, 2025 →
• address9625 S Ewing Ave, Chicago 60617

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Is Tacos El Rey clean?

Tacos El Rey is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tacos El Rey?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Tacos El Rey last inspected?

Tacos El Rey has 9 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2022.

Tacos El Rey vs East Side

East Side runs 76% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 19 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 31% of them.

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  clean · April 26, 2022
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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 April 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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