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El Cubanito
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2025
- address2555-2557 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60639
Is El Cubanito clean?
El Cubanito is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Cubanito?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SIDE OF HANDSINK CABINETS IN WOMEN'S RESTROOM TO BE DAMAGED. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was El Cubanito last inspected?
El Cubanito has 21 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 12, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| October 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions |
El Cubanito 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 October 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.