At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
39point violations
13 problems found · 5 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Apr 15, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most fast-food and counter places here got 8 to 27 point violations. Taqueria 27 Downtown got more than most.
Compared with 2,086 Salt Lake County fast-food and counter places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Taqueria 27 Downtown?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Hands not washed when needed 4.2.12*How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
- Marked critical: Safe, Unadulturated, and Honestly Presented 4.3.1*How to fixFix it
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department
We review Salt Lake County health data to make this report. We are not the Salt Lake County Health Department.
Visit them directly at saltlakecounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Taqueria 27 Downtown's team
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We know an inspection can feel heavy, especially when it's busy.
Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hands not washed when neededThe county found: “An employee did not wash hands between clean and dirty tasks. An employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves.”
First step: When to wash
Then the next one: Eating or drinking in a food area
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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.14, Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 2-301.15, Food Code 6-501.112.
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When to wash
From Food Code 2-301.14
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Inspections
From Salt Lake County Health Department · 8 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).
Fewer point violations than last time (46 → 39). That takes a team.
The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.
Every visit
LatestApr 15, 2026Routine inspection39 points
This one: 39 points, inspected Apr 15, 2026.
13 violations listed, 7 marked critical.
Critical (5)
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.2.12* When to Wash-Hands and Arms
An employee did not wash hands between clean and dirty tasks. An employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves.
Cited 2 times
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-301.12 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
When to wash
- Before you start food work and before you put on gloves
- After the restroom (wash twice; see below)
- After touching your face, hair, nose or body
From Food Code 2-301.14
How to wash
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Handwashing
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Eating or drinking in a food area
The department's words
4.2.18** Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco
Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 2-401.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Clothes, eating and drinking
- Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
- Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
- The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.
From Food Code 2-304.11
Nails
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Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes
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Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Safe, Unadulturated, and Honestly Presented
The department's words
4.3.1* Safe, Unadulturated, and Honestly Presented
Salsa prepared in house is being kept past seven days.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The department's words
4.4.82* Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning
The food contact surface of the wall-mounted dicer is unclean to sight and touch.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department
The department's words
4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink
Hand sink is being used as a dump sink. Raw shrimp is being thawed in hand sink.
Cited 2 times
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 5-205.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
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Handwashing
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Non-critical (6)
Hair Restraint Effectiveness
The department's words
4.2.20 Hair Restraint Effectiveness
Food employees are not using beard hair restraints.
Characteristics - Single-Service and Single-Use Articles (Non-Critical)
The department's words
4.4.12 Characteristics - Single-Service and Single-Use Articles (Non-Critical)
Plastic grocery bags are being used as food storage containers.
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
4.4.61 Fixed Equipment-Spacing or Sealing
The hand sink is not sealed to the adjacent wall.
Food Code 4-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
4.6.40 Repairing-Physical Facilities
Various floor surfaces are damaged.
Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
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The department's words
4.6.51 Removing Dead or Trapped Birds, Insects, Rodents and Other Pests
Dead cockroaches have not been removed from the premises.
Food Code 6-501.111 · R392-100
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
What to do
- Any sign of mice, rats or roaches: act now. Protect or throw out affected food, clean the area, and call the pest control operator the same day.
- Flies or ants in food areas: act within 24 hours.
- Insects in food: throw that food out and check the stock around it.
From Food Code 6-501.112
What NOT to do
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Signs of pests and what to do
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Other Personal Care Items-Storage
The department's words
4.7.19 Other Personal Care Items-Storage
Personal cell phones are being stored on equipment storage shelves.
EarlierSep 22, 2025Routine inspection46 points
17 violations listed, 7 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierApr 15, 2025Routine inspection23 points
10 violations listed, 5 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierDec 10, 2024Routine inspection7 points
7 violations listed, 0 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierAug 19, 2024Routine inspection16 points
6 violations listed, 2 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierApr 9, 2024Routine inspection32 points
8 violations listed, 6 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierDec 14, 2023Routine inspection23 points
6 violations listed, 4 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
EarlierAug 21, 2023Routine inspection24 points
9 violations listed, 3 marked critical.
The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.
Source: Salt Lake County Health Department. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
As a customer of Taqueria 27 Downtown, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hands not washed when needed Read the free guide
- Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Pests seen inside: roaches Read the free guide
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
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Address thisAbout this record
Open the county's Inspection Reports, choose Food Service, and search for the name.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
Zero points means the inspector found no problems. Salt Lake County adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.
Each violation the inspector finds adds 1, 3 or 6 points, by how likely it is to cause illness. The points add up to the inspection score. The county uses no letter grade.
- Listed as
- Restaurants: non-plated
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 39 points
- Source
- Salt Lake County Health Department
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