Taj Mahal

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 27, 2018
• address1512 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607

Is Taj Mahal clean?

Taj Mahal is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 27, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taj Mahal?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE RACKS IN WALK-IN COOLER, AND DISCONTINUE USING GROCERY BAGS IN WALK N COOLER. ALSO, ADJUST SCREEN DOOR ON REAR EXIT DOOR TO PREVENT INSECTS FROM ENTERING KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM STORAGE RACKS IN WALK-IN COOLER, AND DISCONTINUE USING GROCERY BAGS IN WALK N COOLER. ALSO, ADJUST SCREEN DOOR ON REAR EXIT DOOR TO PREVENT INSECTS FROM ENTERING KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM GRILL, FRYER, AND STOVE, LOWER SHELF ON PREP TABLE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION FROM WALL VENTS THROUGHOUT. GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD & FILTERS. ALSO, CLEAN SPIDER WEBS FROM WALLS AND HOLE IN CEILING IN STAFF TOILET ROOM IN REAR. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION FROM LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA AND TOILET ROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION FROM WALL VENTS THROUGHOUT. GREASE AND DUST ACCUMULATION FROM HOOD & FILTERS. ALSO, CLEAN SPIDER WEBS FROM WALLS AND HOLE IN CEILING IN STAFF TOILET ROOM IN REAR. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. • MUST CLEAN EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION FROM LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA AND TOILET ROOM.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. INFORMATION PROVIDED.

When was Taj Mahal last inspected?

Taj Mahal has 17 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taj Mahal vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 June 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.