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El Carrito
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2022
- address6019-6023 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659
Is El Carrito clean?
El Carrito is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 21, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Carrito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED MULTIPLE CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP SCRATCHES AND DARK STAINS ON PREP TABLES IN THE REAR PREPARATION AREA. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO RESURFACE/REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS/SPILLS ON FLOORS THROUGHOUT KITCHEN PREPARATION AREA. --ALSO OBSERVED FOOD SPLATTER ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was El Carrito last inspected?
El Carrito has 17 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 21, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| December 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 4, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 11, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 28, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2017 | Pass |
El Carrito vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 58% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 557 clean, 174 mid, 233 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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 December 21, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.