The Taco Spot

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 8, 2021
• address311 W 79Th St, Chicago 60620

Is The Taco Spot clean?

The Taco Spot is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Taco Spot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUP USED AS DISPENSING UTENSIL IN BULK CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS WITH HANDLE ABOVE FOOD TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUP USED AS DISPENSING UTENSIL IN BULK CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS WITH HANDLE ABOVE FOOD TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED AND STORED ON FLOOR IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY INVERT AND STORE OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED AND STORED ON FLOOR IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY INVERT AND STORE OFF FLOOR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET ON 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND LEAKING DRAINPIPE UNDER HAND WASHING SINK IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER NEAR BEVERAGE COOLER, STAINED CEILING TILES IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEAD NOT PROPERLY STORED IN UTILITY CLOSET. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG OR STORE MOP HEAD UPRIGHT TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED INADEQUATE LIGHTING IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND MAINTAIN.

When was The Taco Spot last inspected?

The Taco Spot has 8 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2020.

The Taco Spot vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 April 8, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.