El Pipila is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 27, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
What did inspectors find at El Pipila?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
β οΈFloors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used β’ The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN NEED FOR FURTHER CLEANING AND SOME PEELING FLOORS AT REAR STORAGE AREA NEEDS TO BE SEALED.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used β’ The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN NEED FOR FURTHER CLEANING AND SOME PEELING FLOORS AT REAR STORAGE AREA NEEDS TO BE SEALED.
β οΈWalls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods β’ The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. OPENINGS ON LOWER WALLS IN THE EAST STORAGE ROOM NEEDS TO BE SEALED,REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AT FRONT STORAGE AREA.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods β’ The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. OPENINGS ON LOWER WALLS IN THE EAST STORAGE ROOM NEEDS TO BE SEALED,REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES AT FRONT STORAGE AREA.
When was El Pipila last inspected?
El Pipila has 1 inspection on record going back to February 27, 2012.
date
result
score
February 27, 2012
Pass
El Pipila vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants β 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 55% of them.
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 β 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 βpriorityβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 27, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.