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El Capitan Bar & Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 13, 2026
- address3754-3758 W Armitage Ave, Chicago 60647
Is El Capitan Bar & Restaurant clean?
El Capitan Bar & Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Capitan Bar & Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-601.11 OBSERVED WORKING NGREDIENTS (FLOUR, SEASONINGS, SUGAR) REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL CONTAINERS WITHOUT LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS IN PREP AND BAR ARE STORE IMPROPERLY ON TOP OF COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE INSIDE CLEAN CONTAINER IN BETWEEN USE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11 OBSERVED ICE SCOOPS IN PREP AND BAR ARE STORE IMPROPERLY ON TOP OF COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE INSIDE CLEAN CONTAINER IN BETWEEN USE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED RECEPTACLES INSIDE TOILET ROOMS WITHOTU COVERING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LID AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 5-501.17 OBSERVED RECEPTACLES INSIDE TOILET ROOMS WITHOTU COVERING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LID AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 OBSERVED FANS IN PREP/BAR AS WELL AS UNDER VENTILATION HOOD ACCUMULATED WITH DUST, DIRT AND GREASE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAINAdequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14 OBSERVED FANS IN PREP/BAR AS WELL AS UNDER VENTILATION HOOD ACCUMULATED WITH DUST, DIRT AND GREASE BUILDUP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED 1 OF 2 ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES ON PREMISE FOR CFM CERTIFICATE HOLDERS. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN AS REQUIRED.
When was El Capitan Bar & Restaurant last inspected?
El Capitan Bar & Restaurant has 25 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| December 30, 2024 | — | |
| October 17, 2024 | — | |
| April 27, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 13, 2023 | — | |
| May 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 19, 2019 | — |
El Capitan Bar & Restaurant 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 38% 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 May 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.