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Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2023
- address6012 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago 60639
Is Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto clean?
Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 15, 2023. 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 Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2023. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto last inspected?
Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto has 8 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 11, 2024 | — | |
| November 1, 2024 | — | |
| December 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2023 | Fail |
Taqueria & Tamales El Buen Gusto vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, 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 December 15, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.