Cooked?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 followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
When was El Nuevo Alteno last inspected?
El Nuevo Alteno has 2 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2020.
November 20, 2020 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →September 8, 2020 Fail
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View full inspection →El Nuevo Alteno vs Hermosa
Hermosa runs 78% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 282 clean, 65 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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.
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