El TacoTorro

920 Lake St E #150, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Passed re-check · Jul 9, 2026 Directions
82
Good BiteKarma score 82 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 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Jul 9, 2026: passed with 2 violations, 1 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Cool cooked TCS food: • Within two hours from 135 to 70 degrees F, and • Within a total of six hours from 135 to 41 degrees F or less, cited 2 times, plus 6 other repeat issues.
  • 3 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jul 9

    Follow-Up Inspection

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Cool cooked TCS food: • Within two hours from 135 to 70 degrees F, and • Within a total of six hours from 135 to 41 degrees F or less
    • Minor Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
  3. Passed Jun 25

    Routine Inspection

    4 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Cool cooked TCS food: • Within two hours from 135 to 70 degrees F, and • Within a total of six hours from 135 to 41 degrees F or less
    • Minor Use effective cooling methods to cool TCS foods.
    • Minor Use an effective method to date mark refrigerated, ready-to-eat, TCS food prepared and held for more than 24 hours. Day one is the day the food was made.
    • Minor While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Jun 24

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Label and locate personal medications in areas that do not contaminate food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles.
    • Minor Keep at each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks one of: • A supply of disposable towels • A continuous towel system • An approved air temperature hand drying device
    • Minor Maintain utensils and discard utensils that are not maintained in a state of repair.
    • Minor Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
    • Minor Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
    • Minor Hang mops to dry after using. Store mops in a way that will not make walls, equipment or supplies dirty.
    • Minor Keep handwashing sinks accessible at all times. Make sure they are only used for handwashing.
  6. 2024
  7. Passed Jul 3

    Follow-Up Inspection

    3 violations
    • Minor Have a thin-tipped food thermometer easily available to measure the internal temperature of thin pieces of food.
    • Minor Keep the physical facilities in good repair.
    • Minor GREEN TO GO RECYCLING/ORGANICS SYSTEM. Provide consumers with an opportunity to recycle and/or appropriately manage compostable plastics and utilize a qualified recycling and/or organics management system. This ordinance shall take effect April 22, 2015. (89-Or-060,§ 1, 3-31-89; 96-Or-059, ? 3, 6-28-96; 2014-Or-023, ? 3, 5-23-14)

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