El Sauz Taqueria

2000 W 51st St, Chicago, IL 60609

Passed · Jul 21, 2025 Directions
92
Excellent BiteKarma score 92 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 9 of 11 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Jul 21, 2025: passed with 4 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 8 times, plus 18 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jul 21

    Canvass

    4 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Jul 9

    Recent Inspection

    2 violations
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  5. Passed Apr 9

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Mar 28

    Canvass

    8 violations
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Food properly labeled; original container

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around El Sauz Taqueria, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

  1. 90 El Salserin 300 ft
  2. 98 El Rey del barrio 0.1 mi
  3. 97 Taqueria Restaurant 0.1 mi
  4. 87 Tony's Tacos and Burgers 0.3 mi
  5. 94 Dunkin' Donuts 0.5 mi