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Taqueria El Patron
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 6, 2024
- address6832 W Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Taqueria El Patron clean?
Taqueria El Patron is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Patron?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2024, 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 • 4-202.15 OBSERVED CAN OPENER WITH BUILD-UP. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Taqueria El Patron last inspected?
Taqueria El Patron has 23 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| May 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 6, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2018 | Pass |
Taqueria El Patron vs Clearing
Clearing runs 73% clean across 157 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 23 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 157 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 May 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.