El Taco Express

8548 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

Passed · Jan 28, 2025 Directions
79
Fair BiteKarma score 79 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 3 of 5 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Jan 28, 2025: passed with 6 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 4 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jan 28

    Canvass

    6 violations
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Jan 30

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    3 violations
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  5. Failed Jan 23

    Canvass

    8 violations
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Approved thawing methods used
    • Personal cleanliness
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  6. 2023
  7. Passed May 9

    License Re-Inspection

    4 violations
    • Allergen training as required
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting

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