Taqueria El Dorado

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 23, 2013
• address3040 N Laramie Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Taqueria El Dorado clean?

Taqueria El Dorado is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 23, 2013. 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 El Dorado?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NEED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSE HAND SINK .
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • NEED TO PROVIDE SPLASH GUARD AT EXPOSE HAND SINK .
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR AT BACK ENTRANCE IS DIRTY . NEED TO BE DETAIL CLEAN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR AT BACK ENTRANCE IS DIRTY . NEED TO BE DETAIL CLEAN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls behind deep fryer and chopping board are soiled. Need to be detailed clean.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Walls behind deep fryer and chopping board are soiled. Need to be detailed clean.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • NEED TO PROVIDE SELF CLOSING TOILET ROOM DOOR.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Need to provide refrigeration and metal stem thermometers.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • Need to provide refrigeration and metal stem thermometers.

When was Taqueria El Dorado last inspected?

Taqueria El Dorado has 3 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2012.

Taqueria El Dorado vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 31% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 244 clean, 76 mid, 462 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 April 23, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.