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TACO & BURRITO HOUSE

1548 W FULLERTON AVE · Chicago, IL 60614

Restaurant

Chicago Department of Public Health reports Out of Business for TACO & BURRITO HOUSE on .

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Inspection date
Reported outcome
Out of Business
Inspection type
Canvass
Recorded citations
0
Source risk category
Risk 1 (High)
Inspection ID
2261944

Location recorded for this inspection · TACO & BURRITO HOUSE · 1548 W FULLERTON AVE

The source lists no violation citations for this inspection.

Official inspection record

Inspection history

Chicago publishes inspection reports dating back to 2010. The city changed its procedures on July 1, 2018.

CanvassPass
Inspection date
Reported outcome
Pass
Inspection type
Canvass
Recorded citations
5
Source risk category
Risk 1 (High)
Inspection ID
2144918

Location recorded for this inspection · TACO & BURRITO HOUSE · 1548 W FULLERTON AVE

This visit predates Chicago’s July 1, 2018 inspection procedure change.

Recorded violations

  • 33

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED DIRT ON THE INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE LOCATED ON BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

  • 34

    FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED DIRT AND GREASE BUILD UP ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMEMT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER ON BASEMEN. MUST CLEAN FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.

  • 38

    VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA DRAING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET BASE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. STOPPERS NEEDED AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

  • 40

    REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER AT THE 2-DOOR REACH-IN COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.

  • 43

    FOOD (ICE) DISPENSING UTENSILS, WASH CLOTHS PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF 3-COMPARTMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.

CanvassPass
Inspection date
Reported outcome
Pass
Inspection type
Canvass
Recorded citations
4
Source risk category
Risk 1 (High)
Inspection ID
2059528

Location recorded for this inspection · TACO & BURRITO HOUSE · 1548 W FULLERTON AVE

This visit predates Chicago’s July 1, 2018 inspection procedure change.

Recorded violations

  • 32

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: MUST REPAIR BROKEN HANDEL ON 1-DOOR COOLER ON NORTH WALL IN REAR PREP, NEAR EXIT DOOR. DISCONTINUE USE OF GROCERY BAGS TO STORAGE BAGS THROUGHOUT COOLERS AND FREEZER, USE FOOD GRADE BAGS INSTEAD. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.

  • 33

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: MUST CLEAN DRIED DEBRIS FROM MOUNTED CAN OPENER IN REAR PREP. CLEAN DEBRIS FROM LOWER SHELVES ON PREP TABLES. CLEAN AND DEFROST FROZEN DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACE OF DEEP FREEZER IN BASEMENT. CLEAN DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR OF MICROWAVE OVEN BEHIND FRONT COUNTER. CLEAN DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR SURFACE OF 1-DOOR UPRIGHT WHITE FREEZER IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL.

  • 35

    WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: MUST REPAIR DETACHED STAIRS ON WALL LEADING TO DRY STORAGE ROOM. SEAL HOLE IN CEILING TILE IN TOILET ROOM IN REAR. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.

  • 39

    LINEN: CLEAN AND SOILED PROPERLY STORED - Comments: MUST STORE SOILED LINENS IN SANITIZER WATER WHILE NOT IN USE, TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.

CanvassPass with Conditions
Inspection date
Reported outcome
Pass with Conditions
Inspection type
Canvass
Recorded citations
5
Source risk category
Risk 1 (High)
Inspection ID
1932460

Location recorded for this inspection · TACO & BURRITO HOUSE · 1548 W FULLERTON AVE

The source labels this outcome “Pass w/ Conditions”.

This visit predates Chicago’s July 1, 2018 inspection procedure change.

Recorded violations

  • 2

    FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: OBSERVED 2 DOOR UPRIGHT GLENCO BRAND COOLER IN THE PREP AREA TO BE HOLDING IMPROPER AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES, WHILE STORING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS. INSTRUCTED THAT ALL COLD HOLDING FACILITIES MUST MAINTAIN TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. THE UNIT WAS TAGGED DURING INSPECTION AND MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL THE CDPH HAS REMOVED THE TAG. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)

  • 3

    POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE 2 DOOR UPRIGHT GLENCO BRAND COOLER IN THE PREP AREA: BEEF, 51 DEGREES, 2 LBS/$10; PORK TAMALES, 51 DEGREES, 1 LB/$20; BEANS, 46 DEGREES, 10 LBS/$4. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED THESE PRODUCTS. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. CRITIAL CITATION ISSUED: 7-38-005(A)

  • 32

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED TO LINE THE DRY STORAGE SHELVES IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE CARDBOARD AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD STORAGE SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, NON-ABSORBENT AND EASILY CLEANABLE.

  • 33

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED WATER ACCUMULATING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GLENCO BRAND 2 DOOR UPRIGHT COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WATER OUT FROM THE COOLER AND ENSURE THERE ARE NO LEAKS IN THE COOLER. OBSERVED BUILD UP OF BLACKISH COLORED STAINS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SODA FOUNTAIN SPIGOTS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

  • 40

    REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS FOR THE FREEZERS IN THE BASEMENT: THE CHEST FREEZER AND THE ONE DOOR UPRIGHT WHITE FREEZER.

LicensePass
Inspection date
Reported outcome
Pass
Inspection type
License
Recorded citations
8
Source risk category
Risk 1 (High)
Inspection ID
1516028

Location recorded for this inspection · TACO & BURRITO HOUSE · 1548 W FULLERTON AVE

This visit predates Chicago’s July 1, 2018 inspection procedure change.

Recorded violations

  • 32

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED 2 REACH IN CHEST FREEZERS IN BASEMENT WITH RUST ON INTERIOR AND INSIDE OF LIDS IN DISREPAIR. REMOVE RUST FROM INTERIOR OR CHEST FREEZERS AND REPAIR INTERIOR PLASTIC PANELS OF LIDS SO THEY ARE IN FULL REPAIR. MAINTIAN TOP OF CHEST FREEZER DOORS SO THEY ARE TIGHT FITTING WHEN CLOSED.

  • 32

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED RAW WOOD IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS THAT MUST BE REPAINTED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE: IN FRONT COOKING LINE, IN BASEMENT WALK IN COOLER AND IN BASEMENT STORAGE SHELVES.

  • 33

    FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: OBSERVED PINKISH SLIME ON INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.

  • 34

    FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: OBSERVED NORTHWEST CORNER OF BASEMENT NEAR GREASE TRAP WITH FLOOR UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTIAN AROUND GREASE TRAP AND IN CORNERS AND ALONG WALLS OF BASEMENT TO DETER INSECT AND RODENTS.

  • 35

    WALLS, CEILINGS, ATTACHED EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTED PER CODE: GOOD REPAIR, SURFACES CLEAN AND DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS - Comments: OBSERVED NORTHWEST CORNER OF BASEMENT WITH CEILING IN DISREPAIR AND UNCLEAN WITH BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE. CLEAN AND SANITIZE CEILING SO THAT ALL BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE IS REMOVED AND REPAIR CEILING TO A SMOOTH EAILY CLEANABLE SURFACE. MAINTAIN.

  • 38

    VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: OBSERVED LEAK IN BASEMENT AT GREASETRAP. REPAIR INLET PIPE SO THAT IT IS TIGHT FITTING AND NOT LEAKING. MAINTAIN GREASE TRAP IN A CLEAN, DRY CONDITION AT ALL TIMES.

  • 41

    PREMISES MAINTAINED FREE OF LITTER, UNNECESSARY ARTICLES, CLEANING EQUIPMENT PROPERLY STORED - Comments: OBSERVED REFRIGERATION UNIT AT FRONT COOKING LINE AND REACH IN FREEZER IN REAR FOOD PREP AREA. REPAIR OR REMOVE NON WORKING EQUIPMENT.

  • 45

    FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS MET - Comments: OBSERVED NO IDPH FOOD HANDLER TRAINING IN PLACE. ADDITIONAL IDPH FOOD HANDLER INFORMATION PROVIDED.

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How results compare in ZIP 60614

505 of 703 establishments with a Pass, Pass with Conditions or Fail outcome since July 1, 2018 have a Pass outcome.

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Chicago Department of Public Health via the City of Chicago Data Portal. Reference license 2374680.

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