Birrieria Patino Ocotlan

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 3, 2026
• address3813 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Birrieria Patino Ocotlan clean?

Birrieria Patino Ocotlan is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Birrieria Patino Ocotlan?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, Or Tobacco Use • OBSERVED OPEN BEVERAGE ON PREP TABLE IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE CLOSED LID CONTAINERS FOR EMPLOYEE BEVERAGES.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FODO ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FODO ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUP STORED INSIDE BULK BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND USED FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED STYROFOAM CUP STORED INSIDE BULK BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND USED FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE LONG HANDLE DISPENSING UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED DAMAGED DOOR GASKET ON REACH-IN COOLER IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN COOLER DOOR GASKET.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Birrieria Patino Ocotlan last inspected?

Birrieria Patino Ocotlan has 24 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Birrieria Patino Ocotlan vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 36% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ✓ El Pollo Real
  clean · November 15, 2012
• ✕ El Barzon
  cooked · November 5, 2010
• ✓ Kopa Kavana Klub
  clean · July 19, 2013
• ✓ Carrillo's Grocery
  clean · December 16, 2014
• ✓ El Chivito Jalisiense
  clean · April 22, 2011
• ✓ Shell
  clean · December 30, 2025

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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 June 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.