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El Castillo Meat Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 9, 2013
- address3704 W 55Th St, Chicago 60632
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is El Castillo Meat Market clean?
El Castillo Meat Market is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 9, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at El Castillo Meat Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR CRACKED GLASS ON SLIDING DOOR OF MEAT DISPLAY CASE IN REAR OF PREMISES ALSO MUST REPAINT BOTTOM SHELVING OF PREP TABLE IN THE MEAT SECTION HAS CHIP PAINT MUST USE NON TOXIC PAINTFood And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REPAIR CRACKED GLASS ON SLIDING DOOR OF MEAT DISPLAY CASE IN REAR OF PREMISES ALSO MUST REPAINT BOTTOM SHELVING OF PREP TABLE IN THE MEAT SECTION HAS CHIP PAINT MUST USE NON TOXIC PAINT
When was El Castillo Meat Market last inspected?
El Castillo Meat Market has 6 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| January 9, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2013 | Fail | |
| January 13, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2011 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2010 | Pass |
El Castillo Meat Market vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 39% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 156 clean, 37 mid, 202 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 9, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.