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Taqueria El Pastor
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 12, 2026
- address4418 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629
Is Taqueria El Pastor clean?
Taqueria El Pastor is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Pastor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED PREPPED TCS FOOD ITEMS (SLICED TOMATOES, SOUR CREAM, STEAK) IN FRONT COOLER AT INADEQUATE COLD HOLD TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM 48F-50F. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL COLD HELD FOODS MUST BE AT 41F AND BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-39-005. CITATION ISSUED. PERSON IN CHARGE VOLUNTARILY DENATURED AND DISCARDED 10LBS OF FOOD AT COST OF $100.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED COOKED RICE IN NON-FOOD GRADE BAG BEING HOT HELD ON COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO USE FOOD GRADE BAGS FOR ALL FOOD ITEMS.
When was Taqueria El Pastor last inspected?
Taqueria El Pastor has 25 inspections on record going back to September 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 1, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 17, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2020 | — |
Taqueria El Pastor vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.