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The Famous Taco Burrito King
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 4, 2020
- address3603 N Western Ave, Chicago 60618
Is The Famous Taco Burrito King clean?
The Famous Taco Burrito King is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 4, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Famous Taco Burrito King?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION FOR EACH EMPLOYEE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT AND PROCEDURE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEANING PROCEDURE WITH ALL NECESSARY ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN POLICY ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 8/7/2019, REPORT #2304251. #58-NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 8/7/2019, REPORT #2304251. #58-NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS MUST HAVE FOOD ALERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
When was The Famous Taco Burrito King last inspected?
The Famous Taco Burrito King has 20 inspections on record going back to April 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| August 4, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 31, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2014 | Fail |
The Famous Taco Burrito King vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 4, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.