Taqueria El Tacotote

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 11, 2013
• address1536 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Taqueria El Tacotote clean?

Taqueria El Tacotote is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 11, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Tacotote?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 11, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: UNDERNEATH GRILL TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, REATTACH LOOSE RUBBER GASKETS TO COOLER DOORS IN REAR KITCHEN WHERE NEEDED.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: UNDERNEATH GRILL TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD PARTICLES, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, REATTACH LOOSE RUBBER GASKETS TO COOLER DOORS IN REAR KITCHEN WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT. BASEMENT FLOOR HAS A SMALL PUDDLE, CLEAN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT. BASEMENT FLOOR HAS A SMALL PUDDLE, CLEAN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REMOVE ITEMS STORED IN REAR PREP AREA HANDSINK AND KEEP FREE OF ITEMS. REPAIR LEAK AT THREE COMP SINK FAUCET IN REAR KITCHEN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN CORNER AREAS OF STORAGE IN REAR KITCHEN TO AVOID CLUTTER.

When was Taqueria El Tacotote last inspected?

Taqueria El Tacotote has 3 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2012.

Taqueria El Tacotote vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 11, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.