Taqueria Kairos

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 31, 2023
• address5526 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60638

Is Taqueria Kairos clean?

Taqueria Kairos is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 31, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Kairos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN AT HAND WASHING SINK NEAR REGISTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH COMMON NAME OF FOOD.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED LIDS MISSING ON BULK CONTAINERS AND FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER ALL BULK CONTAINERS AND ELEVATE FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED LIDS MISSING ON BULK CONTAINERS AND FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY COVER ALL BULK CONTAINERS AND ELEVATE FOOD SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED OPEN FOOD STORED INSIDE GROCERY BAGS IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD ITEMS IN PROPER FOOD STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED RESIDUE ON INTERIOR SURFACE OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Taqueria Kairos last inspected?

Taqueria Kairos has 19 inspections on record going back to April 18, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Taqueria Kairos vs Garfield Ridge

Garfield Ridge runs 73% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 107 clean, 28 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Garfield Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.

Other spots in Garfield Ridge

• ✓ Superheroes Ice Cream Inc.
  clean · May 15, 2012
• ✕ Abigails Ice Cream
  cooked · August 7, 2012
• ✓ Alboes
  clean · May 16, 2013
• ✕ Premier Catering & Events, Llc.
  cooked · April 30, 2013
• ✕ Premier Catering & Events, Llc.
  cooked · April 30, 2013
• ✓ Mac One Midway Llc./Premier Catering & Events, Llc
  clean · December 18, 2025

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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 July 31, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.