El Che Steakhouse & Bar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 28, 2026 →
• address845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago 60607

Is El Che Steakhouse & Bar clean?

El Che Steakhouse & Bar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Che Steakhouse & Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was El Che Steakhouse & Bar last inspected?

El Che Steakhouse & Bar has 18 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Che Steakhouse & Bar vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,031 clean, 233 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ✓ El Che Bar
  clean · July 13, 2016
• ✓ Formento's/Nonna's
  clean · January 12, 2015
• ✓ Formento's/Nonna's
  clean · March 18, 2026
• ✓ Formento's/Nonna's
  clean · December 11, 2014
• ✓ Buffalo Wild Wings
  cooked · May 27, 2025
• ✓ Buffalo Wild Wings
  clean · September 22, 2015

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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