El Muelle

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Dish Machines: Provided With Accurate Thermometers, Chemical Test Kits And Suitable Gauge Cock
  Inspector note: NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS WERE PROVIDED TO MEASURE THE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 22
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1770678 ON 5/12/16 NOT CORRECTED: 30 - NO CONSUMER ADVISORY POSTED IN THE RESTAURANT OR ON THE MENU. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CONSUMER ADVISORY. 38 - MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS FOR THE BAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE SINK STOPPERS AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on May 12, 2016: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Archer Heights

• ✓ Chicago's Community Kitchens
  cooked · 4100 W Ann Lurie Pl · inspected December 22, 2022
• ✓ Greater Chicago Food Depository
  clean · 4100 W Ann Lurie Pl · inspected August 19, 2010
• ✓! Subway
  mid · 4735 S Cicero Ave · inspected March 13, 2026
• ✓ Gelatina's Cris
  cooked · 4725 S Cicero Ave · inspected January 9, 2015
• ✓ 4319 Citgo Inc.
  cooked · 4319 W 47Th St · inspected July 5, 2011
• ? Tlc Submarine
  cooked · 4624 S Cicero Ave · inspected March 6, 2013

See every restaurant in Archer Heights →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.