Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 13, 2019
• address2018 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon clean?

Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 13, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010, NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO PROCEDURES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • OBSERVED NO DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ON MENUS AT THIS TIME(EGGS,STEAK), INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHES IMPROPERLY STORED, INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BUTTER BUNS BEING STORED IN A GROCERY BAG, INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN A PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINER/ BAG IE,BAGGIES, OR ZIPLOC.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING GRILL NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.

When was Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon last inspected?

Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon has 8 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2012.

Taqueria Sabor Y Sazon 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 0% 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 March 13, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.