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El Azteca
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
- address4154-4158 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639
Is El Azteca clean?
El Azteca is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Azteca?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • NOTED INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF THE FOLLOWING TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD ITEMS INSIDE THE FOOD DISPLAY COOLER TO BE IMPROPER: BEANS AT 50F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISPOSED OF 4 LBS OF PRODUCTS WORTH $5.00 THROUGH DENATURING PROCESS. INSTRUCTED HOW TO PROPERLY COOL BEANS AFTER PREPARATION. PRIORITY VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 OBSERVED MULTIPLE HOLES IN WALL IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY. • 6-501.12 OBSERVED LOOSE DEBRIS, DIRT AND DUST BUILDUP ON THE FLOORS AND CORNERS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND INCREASE CLEANING FREQUENCY OF FLOORS. MUST MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
When was El Azteca last inspected?
El Azteca has 29 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 21, 2018 | Pass |
El Azteca vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.
Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.