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El Pollo Cris Cris
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 4, 2020
- address2462 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago 60608
Is El Pollo Cris Cris clean?
El Pollo Cris Cris is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 4, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Pollo Cris Cris?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGN LOCATED AT THE HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND IN THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.
When was El Pollo Cris Cris last inspected?
El Pollo Cris Cris has 16 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| August 20, 2021 | — | |
| December 4, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 27, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 14, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| May 16, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2015 | Pass |
El Pollo Cris Cris vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 December 4, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.