Cooked?
El Cangrejo
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 30, 2025
- address7519 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60652
Is El Cangrejo clean?
El Cangrejo is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Cangrejo?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Cangrejo last inspected?
El Cangrejo has 1 inspection on record going back to September 30, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | Pass |
El Cangrejo vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 September 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.