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El Llano Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 30, 2026
- address3941 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60613
Is El Llano Restaurant clean?
El Llano Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Llano Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS INSIDE OF THE 1-DOOR PREP COOLERS. OBSERVED BEEF AT 55F, CHORIZO AT 46F, COOKED YUCA PLANT AT 45F, EMPANADAS AT 45F, AND CHICKEN AND POTATO STEW AT 47F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD TCS FOODS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1-DOOR FREEZER IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
When was El Llano Restaurant last inspected?
El Llano Restaurant has 12 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2018 | — |
El Llano Restaurant vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 March 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.