Cooked?
El Metro
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2020
- address1959 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60622
Is El Metro clean?
El Metro is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 8, 2020. 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 Metro?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Metro last inspected?
El Metro has 10 inspections on record going back to September 3, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| January 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2014 | Pass |
El Metro 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 January 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.