El Che Steakhouse & Bar

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN REAR DISH AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS ITEMS HELD AT THE STATED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE IN BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER: BEEF FAT AT 50.2F. MANAGEMENT DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 200LBS OF PRODUCT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $500. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL TCS ITEMS AT OR BELOW 41F AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON 2 DOOR PREP COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED TRASH RECEPTACLE INSIDE UNISEX EMPLOYEE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MOST FOOD HANLDER CERTIFICATES ON SITE EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
  code 57
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #2552384 DATED 3/2/2022: #58 "OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS." INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND COME INTO COMPLIANCE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on September 22, 2023: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near West Side

• ✓ El Che Bar
  clean · 845 W Washington Blvd · inspected July 13, 2016
• ✓ Formento's/Nonna's
  clean · 917-923 W Randolph St · inspected January 12, 2015
• ✓ Formento's/Nonna's
  clean · 917-923 W Randolph St · inspected March 18, 2026
• ✓ Formento's/Nonna's
  clean · 917-923 W Randolph St · inspected December 11, 2014
• ✓ Buffalo Wild Wings
  cooked · 513 W Taylor St · inspected May 27, 2025
• ✓ Buffalo Wild Wings
  clean · 513 W Taylor St · inspected September 22, 2015

See every restaurant in Near West Side →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.