El Potrillo

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 13, 2020 →
• address5129 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632
• cuisineLiquor

Is El Potrillo clean?

El Potrillo is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 13, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at El Potrillo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present

When was El Potrillo last inspected?

El Potrillo has 3 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2020.

El Potrillo vs West Elsdon

West Elsdon runs 80% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 36 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in West Elsdon

• ✓ Kostner Citgo
  clean · March 3, 2011
• ✓! Subway
  cooked · March 23, 2017
• ? West Lawn Foods
  cooked · November 16, 2011
• ✓ Let Them Eat Cake
  cooked · May 17, 2016
• ✓ Manny's Express Midway
  cooked · May 17, 2016
• ✓ Sprigs
  cooked · February 7, 2017

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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.

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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 March 13, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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