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El Gordo Burger
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2025
- address1745 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622
Is El Gordo Burger clean?
El Gordo Burger is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 30, 2025. 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 Gordo Burger?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Gordo Burger last inspected?
El Gordo Burger has 11 inspections on record going back to September 4, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| July 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2024 | — |
El Gordo Burger vs West Town
West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, 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 July 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.