El Pollo Real

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 1, 2026 →
• address6330 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60629

Is El Pollo Real clean?

El Pollo Real is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Pollo Real?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used

When was El Pollo Real last inspected?

El Pollo Real has 12 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2017.

El Pollo Real vs West Lawn

West Lawn runs 79% clean across 172 tracked restaurants — 134 clean, 31 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 172 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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