Taqueria El Pilon

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 29, 2013
• address8121 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60652

Is Taqueria El Pilon clean?

Taqueria El Pilon is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Pilon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 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 • NEED TO INVERT THE SPOONS AND FORKS IN FRONT HOLDER.
  Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles • NEED TO INVERT THE SPOONS AND FORKS IN FRONT HOLDER.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN INTERIOR OF FRONT COOLER.COOLER STORAGE SHELVES IN WALK-IN COOLER. CLEAN FRYER AREA.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • NEED TO COVER (TILE) NEW FLOOR RISER BEHIND COUNTER.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • NEED TO COVER (TILE) NEW FLOOR RISER BEHIND COUNTER.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHT NOT WORKING IN WALK IN COOLER NEED TO REPLACE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER IN REAR NEED TO REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.

When was Taqueria El Pilon last inspected?

Taqueria El Pilon has 5 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2011.

Taqueria El Pilon vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 January 29, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.