Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 7, 2018
• address2558 S Springfield Ave, Chicago 60623

Is Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc. clean?

Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc. is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 7, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICY PROCEDURE.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO HAND SINK IN DISH WASHING AREA.MUST PROVIDE WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND MAINTAIN.(NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • Inspector Comments: MUST REMOVE RUST FROM WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS FROM MICROWAVE,PREP TABLES,MOPSINK BASIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED FLOORING AT ENTRY TO WALK IN COOLER,IN FRONT OF MOPSINK AND 1- COMP SINK.MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • Inspector Comments: IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET FOR EMPLOYEES.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • Inspector Comments: IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET FOR EMPLOYEES.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO FOOD ALLERGEN CERTIFICATION .MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED

When was Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc. last inspected?

Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc. has 9 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2016.

Tacos Y Tamales El Pollo Inc. vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 32% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 216 clean, 40 mid, 409 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 7, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.