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El Guero
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 6, 2023
- address9027-9029 S Commercial Ave, Chicago 60617
Is El Guero clean?
El Guero is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 6, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Guero?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2023. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Guero last inspected?
El Guero has 10 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| December 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2021 | — | |
| November 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2019 | — | |
| December 18, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
El Guero vs Calumet Heights
Calumet Heights runs 73% clean across 165 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 28 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 165 spots Cooked tracks in Calumet Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 December 6, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.