El Gallo Bravo

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2014
• address4503 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60625

Is El Gallo Bravo clean?

El Gallo Bravo is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 19, 2014. 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 Gallo Bravo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT PROEPRLY LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • FOODS INSIDE COOLERS NOT PROEPRLY LABELED OR DATED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • STORAGE SHLEVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER, STORAGE DRAWERS UDER GRILL, INTERIOR OF COOLERS AND PREP COUNTERS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN STORAGE ROOMS AND PREP AREA NOT MAINTIANED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING FLOOR TILE AND DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE IN PREP AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN STORAGE ROOMS AND PREP AREA NOT MAINTIANED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND REPLACE DAMAGED AND MISSING FLOOR TILE AND DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE IN PREP AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING TILE DAMAGED IN AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILING TILE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CEILING TILE DAMAGED IN AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL DAMAGED CEILING TILE.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHT BULB NOT SHIELDED ABOVE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO SHIELD BULB OR REPLACE MISSING COVER.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • VENTILATION NOT PROVIDED INISDE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE OPEN DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION.

When was El Gallo Bravo last inspected?

El Gallo Bravo has 4 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2013.

El Gallo Bravo vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, 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 November 19, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.