El Muchacho Alegre

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2024
• address3036 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60641

Is El Muchacho Alegre clean?

El Muchacho Alegre is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Muchacho Alegre?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • 4-602.11(B-E) OBSERVED INTERIOR GUARD OF ICE MACHINE WITH SOME DIRT, NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, AND SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. (NONFOOD CONTACT SURFACES)
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP, FOOD DEBRIS, AND DIRT ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN ALL AREAS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED ONE CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER WITH AN EXPIRED ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO RENEX EXPIRED ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING CERTIFICATE AND MAINTAIN.

When was El Muchacho Alegre last inspected?

El Muchacho Alegre has 28 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Muchacho Alegre vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 35% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 67 mid, 466 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 67% of them.

Other spots in Hermosa

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  cooked · April 25, 2014
• ✓ Las Delicias De Morelia
  cooked · July 17, 2012
• ✓ Sabor A Jalisco Restaurant
  cooked · May 13, 2016
• ? Karlov Food Mart
  cooked · September 30, 2014
• ? Nicks Tropical Restaurant
  cooked · January 30, 2012
• ✓ Aldi
  clean · September 14, 2017

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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 September 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.