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El Palenque
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 9, 2013
- address5173 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
- cuisineLiquor
Is El Palenque clean?
El Palenque is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 9, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at El Palenque?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed • HOT WATER FAUCET HANDLES IN POOR REPAIR (STRIPPED) AT WEST SIDE TOILET ROOMS. URINAL IN USE IN POOR REPAUR, UNABLE TO FLUSH, MISSING HANDLE AND ATTACHED HARDWARE. FAUCETS IN TOILET ROOMS NOT MAINTAINED NO SOAP NOR PAPER TOWELS AT HANDSINKS. INSTD TO REPAIR ALL TOILETS AND SINKS IN TOILET ROOMS IN GOOD REPAIR. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 SERIOUS.Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Properly Designed And Installed • HOT WATER FAUCET HANDLES IN POOR REPAIR (STRIPPED) AT WEST SIDE TOILET ROOMS. URINAL IN USE IN POOR REPAUR, UNABLE TO FLUSH, MISSING HANDLE AND ATTACHED HARDWARE. FAUCETS IN TOILET ROOMS NOT MAINTAINED NO SOAP NOR PAPER TOWELS AT HANDSINKS. INSTD TO REPAIR ALL TOILETS AND SINKS IN TOILET ROOMS IN GOOD REPAIR. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030 SERIOUS.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH CALCIUM/LIME BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN SAME.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE WITH CALCIUM/LIME BUILD-UP. INSTD TO CLEAN/MAINTAIN SAME.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES BEHIND BAR AREA AND IN TOILET ROOMS.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • REPLACE ALL MISSING FLOOR TILES BEHIND BAR AREA AND IN TOILET ROOMS.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN CEILING FREE OF DUST ACCUMULATION.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • CLEAN CEILING FREE OF DUST ACCUMULATION.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsPremises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • CLUTTER IN BASEMENT. INSTD TO REMOVE ANY UNNECESSARY ARTICLES AND ORGANIZE.
When was El Palenque last inspected?
El Palenque has 3 inspections on record going back to September 9, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 28, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| September 16, 2013 | — | |
| September 9, 2013 | Fail |
El Palenque vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 76% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 299 clean, 61 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 September 9, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.