El Nuevo Alteno

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2020
• address4501-4503 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60641

Is El Nuevo Alteno clean?

El Nuevo Alteno is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 20, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at El Nuevo Alteno?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL OR PAINT RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVINGS ABOVE PREP/COOKING AREA.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS AT (2) 3 COMPARTMENT BAR SINK.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE WORKING DRAIN STOPPERS AT (2) 3 COMPARTMENT BAR SINK.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED RUST ON BOTTOM OF REACH IN COOLER IN BAR ON EAST SIDE OF BUILDING. MUST REMOVE RUST, PAINT OR RESURFACE. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN LIGHTSHIELDS WITH DEAD INSECTS ABOVE PREP/COOKING AREA. • INSTRUCTED TO SEAL LARGE HOLE AROUND DRAINPIPE UNDERNEATH HANDSINK IN BAR #1. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS INSIDE BOILER ROOM. MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.

When was El Nuevo Alteno last inspected?

El Nuevo Alteno has 4 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2020.

El Nuevo Alteno vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in Hermosa

• ✓! El Nuevo Alteno
  mid · November 20, 2020
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  clean · October 15, 2025
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  mid · September 1, 2020
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• ✓! Neas Lunch House
  mid · December 4, 2020
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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 November 20, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.