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Taqueria El Kacheton
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 6, 2026
- address2446 N Laramie Ave, Chicago 60639
Is Taqueria El Kacheton clean?
Taqueria El Kacheton is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Kacheton?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVES, SURFACES, AND FIXTURES NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OR PAINT TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. • OBSERVED PORK STORED IN PLASTIC STORAGE TOTES IN THE FREEZER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS AND CONTAINERS ONLY.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON THE FLOORS AND SURFACES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN UNDER ALL SHELVING UNITS, INTERIOR OF PREP DISH AREA, AROUND DISH MACHINE, PREP TABLES AND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE SPILLS, FOOD DEBRIS, DIRT BUILDUP AND/OR GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE CLEANING FREQUENCY AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was Taqueria El Kacheton last inspected?
Taqueria El Kacheton has 21 inspections on record going back to January 4, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2026 | — | |
| March 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2024 | — | |
| June 16, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 14, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 21, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 14, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 19, 2019 | Fail |
Taqueria El Kacheton vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 July 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.