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Taqueria Los Flacos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 13, 2025
- address3818 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Taqueria Los Flacos clean?
Taqueria Los Flacos is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria Los Flacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST NOT HANG SOILED LINENS TO DRY ON THE HAND SINK SPLASH GUARD.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST NOT HANG SOILED LINENS TO DRY ON THE HAND SINK SPLASH GUARD.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • PREP AREA WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED A POROUS STONE PESTLE AND MORTAR BOWL AT THE CLEAN DISH STORAGE THAT IS UNABLE TO BE PROPERLY WASHED, RINSED AND SANITIZED. MUST REMOVE FROM THE PREMISES.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST NOT USE CLOTH TOWELS AS A LINER FOR SHELVING AT THE BAR OR INSIDE COOLERS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • NOTED THE BASEBOARD WALL COVING UNDER THE COOKS LINE HAND WASHING SINK SEPARATING FROM THE WALL CREATING AN OPEN CRACK/CREVICE. MUST RESEAL. • SOILED MOP HEADS MUST BE STORED HANGING OR INVERTED IN THE UTILITY SERVICE SINK.
When was Taqueria Los Flacos last inspected?
Taqueria Los Flacos has 12 inspections on record going back to September 30, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2020 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2016 | Pass |
Taqueria Los Flacos vs Albany Park
Albany Park runs 31% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 68 mid, 505 cooked.
Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.