Taqueria-El-Norte Inc

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 23, 2011 →
• address5600 N Ridge Ave, Chicago 60660

Is Taqueria-El-Norte Inc clean?

Taqueria-El-Norte Inc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 23, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria-El-Norte Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained

When was Taqueria-El-Norte Inc last inspected?

Taqueria-El-Norte Inc has 1 inspection on record going back to February 23, 2011.

Taqueria-El-Norte Inc vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 78% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 378 clean, 101 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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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 February 23, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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