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Taquizo
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 14, 2023
- address1835 W North Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Taquizo clean?
Taquizo is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 14, 2023. 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 Taquizo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 14, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 OBSERVED SEVERAL TORN GASKETS ON COOLERS THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was Taquizo last inspected?
Taquizo has 13 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| May 2, 2024 | — | |
| April 5, 2024 | — | |
| February 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2023 | — | |
| January 10, 2023 | — | |
| September 15, 2020 | — | |
| October 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 8, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2019 | — | |
| February 10, 2017 | Pass |
Taquizo vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 February 14, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.