Taqueria El Taquin

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 5-202.12(A) OBSERVED TWO ADDITIONAL CUSTOMER TOILET ROOM HAND WASHING SINKS AND THE BAR AREA HAND WASHING SINK NOT MAINTAINING 100F AND THE BAR AREA 3 COMPARTMENT SINK NOT MAINTAINING 110F DURING THE INSPECTION, ALL SINKS WERE ONLY REACHING 85F. MANAGER ADJUSTED HOT WATER HEATER TEMPERATURE DURING THE INSPECTION AND BY THE END OF THE INSPECTION HOT WATER AT ALL SAID HAND WASHING SINKS WERE MAINTAINING 100F AND AT THE BAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK MAINTAINING 110F. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HOT WATER AT ALL SINKS AT ALL TIMES. NO CITATION ISSUED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). - COS
  code 10Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-101.17 OBSERVED A REFRIGERATION UNIT ON A WOODEN PALLET BEHIND THE BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE WOODEN PALLET.
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 OBSERVED MINOR ACCUMULATED DIRT DEBRIS ON THE FAN LOCATED IN THE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 15, 2020: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Hegewisch

• ✓ China Garden
  clean · 13328 S Baltimore Ave · inspected April 24, 2026
• ✓ Bandero Produce
  clean · 13401 S Baltimore Ave · inspected May 19, 2016
• ✓! Gorditas Adrian's
  cooked · 13507 S Brainard Ave · inspected April 8, 2024
• ✓ First Stop Dollar Plus
  clean · 13256 S Brandon Ave · inspected September 8, 2016
• ✓! Total Nutrition-Herballife
  cooked · 13251 S Baltimore Ave · inspected January 7, 2020
• ✓ Epic Catering Inc
  cooked · 13191 S Brainard Ave · inspected September 12, 2019

See every restaurant in Hegewisch →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.