Cooked?
El Plan
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2017
- address2532 W 51St St, Chicago 60632
Is El Plan clean?
El Plan is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 24, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at El Plan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LADIES RESTROOM TOILET TANK TOP BROKEN, NOT MAINTAINED, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED LADIES RESTROOM TOILET TANK TOP BROKEN, NOT MAINTAINED, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE UPRIGHT FREEZER NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN. ALSO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL CUTTING BOARDS.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED/BLACK SUBSTANCE ON CEILING TILE IN LADIES RESTROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.ALSO RESEAL WALLS IN BAR AREA WHERE PAINT IS PEELING OFF, AND REPAIR HOLE IN THE LADIES RESTROOM FIRST STALL.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WATER DAMAGED/BLACK SUBSTANCE ON CEILING TILE IN LADIES RESTROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.ALSO RESEAL WALLS IN BAR AREA WHERE PAINT IS PEELING OFF, AND REPAIR HOLE IN THE LADIES RESTROOM FIRST STALL.
When was El Plan last inspected?
El Plan has 14 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| July 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| August 31, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 10, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2014 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2011 | Pass |
El Plan vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 July 24, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.