Taqueria El Jardin

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 4, 2013
• address1303 W Huron St, Chicago 60642
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Taqueria El Jardin clean?

Taqueria El Jardin is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 4, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Jardin?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Multi use utensils not properly stored. Instructed to invert utensils to prevent contamination before use.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • Multi use utensils not properly stored. Instructed to invert utensils to prevent contamination before use.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Exhaust hood, filters, cooking equipment, prep table, storage shelves, utensils, sinks not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor not maintained in areas. Instructed to replace missing floor tile. Floor along wallbase, behind and under equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Floor not maintained in areas. Instructed to replace missing floor tile. Floor along wallbase, behind and under equipment not cleaned. Instructed to detail clean daily.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • Unnecessary articles stored in basment. Instructed to remove all unused articles.

When was Taqueria El Jardin last inspected?

Taqueria El Jardin has 5 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2010.

Taqueria El Jardin vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 June 4, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.