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El Meracdo Barato
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2020
- address5206 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60639
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is El Meracdo Barato clean?
El Meracdo Barato is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Meracdo Barato?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT/PROCEDURE ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR THE CLEAN UP OF VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS, AND CORRESPONDING EQUIPMENT OUTLINE IN PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
When was El Meracdo Barato last inspected?
El Meracdo Barato has 3 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 4, 2017 | Pass |
El Meracdo Barato vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 2, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.