El Barzon

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 5, 2010
• address3002 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60623

Is El Barzon clean?

El Barzon is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at El Barzon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure • All food establishments shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold water under pressure properly connected to the city water supply. MUST PROVIDE HOT/COLD WATER.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained • Adequate and convenient toilet facilities shall be provided. They should be properly designed, maintained, and accessible to employees at all times. NO HAND WASHING SINK, MUST PROPERLY INSTALL SINK WITH HOT/COLD WATER.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. MUST PROVIDE RETENTION TANK.

When was El Barzon last inspected?

El Barzon has 1 inspection on record going back to November 5, 2010.

El Barzon 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 17% 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 November 5, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.