Almendro Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 30, 2025
• address5020 S Cornell, Chicago 60615

Is Almendro Cafe clean?

Almendro Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Almendro Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE FRONT HAND SINK WITH LOW PRESSURE. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION STILL NOT CORRECTED (#58 ALLERGEN TRAINING) FROM REPORT #2608300, DATE 12/3/24. Violation Codes: 8-404.13(B:4) Inspector Comments: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #60 (#58 ALLERGEN TRAINING) STILL NOT CORRECTED FROM 3/15/24 / REPORT #2591092. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CORRECTED OR MORE CIATIONS WILL FOLLOW. Violation Codes: 8-404.13(B:4) Inspector Comments: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58: ALLERGEN TRAINING FROM REPORT #2584010, DATE 10/25/23 STILL NOT CORRECTED. Violation Codes: 2-102.13 Inspector Comments: INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-090.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION STILL NOT CORRECTED (#58 ALLERGEN TRAINING) FROM REPORT #2608300, DATE 12/3/24. Violation Codes: 8-404.13(B:4) Inspector Comments: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #60 (#58 ALLERGEN TRAINING) STILL NOT CORRECTED FROM 3/15/24 / REPORT #2591092. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CORRECTED OR MORE CIATIONS WILL FOLLOW. Violation Codes: 8-404.13(B:4) Inspector Comments: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION #58: ALLERGEN TRAINING FROM REPORT #2584010, DATE 10/25/23 STILL NOT CORRECTED. Violation Codes: 2-102.13 Inspector Comments: INSTRUCTED THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-42-090.

When was Almendro Cafe last inspected?

Almendro Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2022.

Almendro Cafe vs Kenwood

Kenwood runs 70% clean across 71 tracked restaurants — 50 clean, 17 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 71 spots Cooked tracks in Kenwood, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.