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Taqueria El Charro
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 5, 2017
- address6661 N Clark St, Chicago 60626
Is Taqueria El Charro clean?
Taqueria El Charro is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 5, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Charro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED CEILING PANELS MISSING AT REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • NOTED CEILING PANELS MISSING AT REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • NOTED BROKEN LIGHT SHIELDS IN DINING AREA AND OVER WAITRESS STATION AT EAST AREA AISO LIGHT SHIELD GREASY UNDER HOTLINE HOOD.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPLACE AND CLEAN LIGHT SHIELDS.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NOTED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE AT MOPSINK WITH A THREADED FAUCET.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A BACKFLOW DEVICE TPREVENT BACKFLOW.
When was Taqueria El Charro last inspected?
Taqueria El Charro has 13 inspections on record going back to November 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2013 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2012 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2011 | Pass |
Taqueria El Charro vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 October 5, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.