• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 4, 2013 →
• address2766 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

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Is El Mercado Barato clean?

El Mercado Barato is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 4, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Mercado Barato?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed

When was El Mercado Barato last inspected?

El Mercado Barato has 5 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2011.

El Mercado Barato vs Avondale

Avondale runs 82% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 280 clean, 57 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 4, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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