Taqueria El Primo

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 15, 2019
• address4317 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Taqueria El Primo clean?

Taqueria El Primo is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 15, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Primo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON THE PREMISES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNED EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010,NO CITATION ISSUED. - -
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON THE PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN UP PROCEDURE AND THE NECESSARY CLEANING ITEMS ON THE PREMISES . PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED. - -
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND SINK IN REAR SERVICE STATION. PREMISES MUST OBTAIN AND INSTALL A HAND SINK UNDER CITY WATER PRESSURE WITH SOAP AND HAND PAPER TOWELS AND TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C),NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO CONSUMER ADVISORY DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER STATEMENT ON THE MENU. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO DISCLOSE WHICH FOODS CAN BE ORDERED RAW OR UNDER COOKED AND LINK THOSE FOODS TO A REMINDER STATEMENT THAT STATES THAT EATING RAW OR UNDER COOKED FOODS CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK OF FOOD BORNE ILLNESS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND INVERT SINGLE SERVICE SPOONS AND FORKS LOCATED AT FRONT COUNTER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE(HANDLES-UP).
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND INVERT SINGLE SERVICE SPOONS AND FORKS LOCATED AT FRONT COUNTER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BEFORE USE(HANDLES-UP).
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS AT THE 2 DOOR FOOD PREP COOLER ACROSS FROM THE DEEP FRYER.INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE TORN GASKETS AND TO MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED AT ICE MACHINE. MUST INSTALL SO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE MAY BE LOCATED TO BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED. • OBSERVED SMALL WATER LEAK AT BASE OF FAUCET DISH WASHING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR PLUMBING LEAK AND TO MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN REAR AREA BY STAIRCASE (OUTSIDE OF PREMISES). MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ARTICLES DUE TO POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE. • SECTION OF CEILING OVER THE ICE MACHINE MUST BE SMOOTH,EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND TO MAINTAIN.

When was Taqueria El Primo last inspected?

Taqueria El Primo has 16 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria El Primo vs Irving Park

Irving Park runs 64% clean across 804 tracked restaurants — 516 clean, 141 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 804 spots Cooked tracks in Irving Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

Other spots in Irving Park

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  mid · March 19, 2019
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• ✓ Salud Es Vida
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• ✓ Easy Street
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• ✓ Latino Mart & Dollar +
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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 March 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.