Taqueria El Pueblito

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 8, 2013
• address6712 N Clark St, Chicago 60626

Is Taqueria El Pueblito clean?

Taqueria El Pueblito is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 8, 2013. 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 Pueblito?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2013, 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 • POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: COOKED RICE WITH VEGETABLE AT TEMP OF 51F TO 53.2F; COOKED PULLED PORK AT TEMP OF 60.7F;SOUR CREAM AT TEMP OF 46.7F. MENTIONED COOKED FOOD WAS MADE ON 8-7-13,PER MANAGER STATEMENT, HOWEVER NO TIME /TEMPERATURE OR COOLING PROCESS LOG PROVIDED AT PRESENT TIME. THREE DOOR COOLERS MAINTAINS AIR TEMP OF 37.7F. FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED, POUNDS 35, VALUE $60.CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A)
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ICE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IS STORED INSIDE NON-SELF DRAIN CONTAINER,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF DRAIN CONTAINER • CUTTING BOARD ON TOP STAINLESS TABLE IN SIDE OUTSIDE STORAGE INSIDE THE GARAGE,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.FOOD PREPARATION OR REPACKING MUST BE DONE INSIDE THE PREP AREA.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • ICE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IS STORED INSIDE NON-SELF DRAIN CONTAINER,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF DRAIN CONTAINER • CUTTING BOARD ON TOP STAINLESS TABLE IN SIDE OUTSIDE STORAGE INSIDE THE GARAGE,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE.FOOD PREPARATION OR REPACKING MUST BE DONE INSIDE THE PREP AREA.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DUST AND FOOD DEBRIS ON SHELVES REAR STORAGE,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND,MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • WATER ON FLOOR BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE,INSTRUCTED TO KEEP AREA DRY.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • WATER ON FLOOR BEHIND THE ICE MACHINE,INSTRUCTED TO KEEP AREA DRY.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • MOP SINK RELOCATED OUTSIDE. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL INSIDE ESTABLISHMENT WITH HOT/COLD RUNNINIG WATER, PROVIDE BACK FLOW PREVENTER DEVICE

When was Taqueria El Pueblito last inspected?

Taqueria El Pueblito has 3 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2012.

Taqueria El Pueblito vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, 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 August 8, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.