Taco Bell

4614 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60609

Passed · Mar 21, 2025 Directions
95
Excellent BiteKarma score 95 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 6 of 6 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Mar 21, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Mar 21

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Jan 23

    Canvass

    2 violations
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Allergen training as required
  5. 2023
  6. Passed Jan 6

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Allergen training as required
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
  7. 2022
  8. Passed Jan 26

    Complaint

    2 violations
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

Nearby

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

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