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El Milagro
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
- address3048 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is El Milagro clean?
El Milagro is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Milagro?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Milagro last inspected?
El Milagro has 16 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 17, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2014 | Fail |
El Milagro vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.