Taqueria El Herradero

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 14, 2024 →
• address6828 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60629

Is Taqueria El Herradero clean?

Taqueria El Herradero is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on May 14, 2024, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on March 14, 2024. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Herradero?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition

When was Taqueria El Herradero last inspected?

Taqueria El Herradero has 17 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria El Herradero vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 79% clean across 172 tracked restaurants — 134 clean, 31 mid, 4 cooked.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 14, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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