Taqueria Picazo

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 9, 2024
• address9710 S Commercial Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Taqueria Picazo clean?

Taqueria Picazo is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 9, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Picazo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN HAND WASHING SINK AND BLENDER IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD BETWEEN HAND WASHING SINK AND BLENDER IN FIRST FLOOR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES STORED ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TAMALES STORED IN GROCERY BAGS INSIDE HOT HOLDING UNIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY STORE FOOD IN FOOD STORAGE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO SELF-CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED OVERHEAD PIPES NOT ENCASED IN BASEMENT PREP/STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENCASE ALL OVERHEAD PIPES TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL LEAKAGE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ONE CERTIFIED MANAGER. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Taqueria Picazo last inspected?

Taqueria Picazo has 5 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2019.

Taqueria Picazo vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.