Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 1, 2025
• address3655 E 106Th St, Chicago 60617

Is Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco clean?

Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • RUBBER GASKETS ON REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • RUBBER GASKETS ON REACH IN COOLERS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • SHELVES IN WALKIN COOLER IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • CONDENSOR IN WALK IN COOLER IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND FOOD BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN • SIDES AND BOTTOM OF ALL COOKING UNITS IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKS AT FAUCETS ON BOTH 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • EMPLOYEE TOILET IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AREAS AND MAINTAIN
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • EMPLOYEE TOILET IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AREAS AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN BASEMENT, REAR STORAGE AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP OF SPILLS AND DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • AIR VENT ABOVE COOKING/PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA AT ALL TIMES.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • AIR VENT ABOVE COOKING/PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AREA AT ALL TIMES.

When was Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco last inspected?

Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco has 23 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria El Charo De San Francisco vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 67% 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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.