El Asador Express

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 25, 2024 →
• address2753 W 51St St, Chicago 60632

Is El Asador Express clean?

El Asador Express is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on July 3, 2025, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on July 25, 2024. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at El Asador Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was El Asador Express last inspected?

El Asador Express has 15 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 25, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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