El Presidente Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2025
• address2558 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60614

Is El Presidente Restaurant clean?

El Presidente Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Presidente Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVD BOXES OF FOOD AND DRINKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE SIDE DRY STORAGE CLOSET NEAR THE BATHROOMS IN DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVD BOXES OF FOOD AND DRINKS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE SIDE DRY STORAGE CLOSET NEAR THE BATHROOMS IN DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SMALL WOODEN SHELF USED NEXT TO REAR WHITE STANDING COOLER/FREEZER COMBO TO NOT BE EASILY CLEANABLE AND NON ABSORBENT. OBSERVED THE BOTTOM SHELF BELOW THE 2 COMP SINK IN REAR TO BE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND EXPOSING RAW WOOD AND ROUGH SURFACES. OBSERVED 2 SHELVES IN THE BASEMENT WALK IN FREEZER TO BE HEAVILY RUSTED AND NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE/PROVIDE SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE, AND NON ABSOBENT REPLACEMENTS FOR DAMAGED/NOT SMOOTH SHELVES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED 2 LEAKS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: LEAK FROM BASE OF SPOUT AT 3 COMP SINK AND LEAK AT HOT WATER HANDLE OF 2 COMP SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE BOTH SINKS AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXPOSED STUDS AND PEELED OFF FRP PANEL NEXT TO TOILET IN THE MENS BATHROOM AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR/REPLACE TO ENCASE ALL EXPOSED STUDS AND PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SOME PERSONAL ITEMS, BAGS, AND SWEATERS STORED NEXT TO AND ON BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS IN THE SIDE DRY STORAGE CLOSET NEXT TO THE BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DESIGNATE AREA FOR ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AND ENSURE EMPLOYEES STORE IN DESIGNATED AREAS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED SOME PERSONAL ITEMS, BAGS, AND SWEATERS STORED NEXT TO AND ON BOXES OF SINGLE SERVICE ITEMS IN THE SIDE DRY STORAGE CLOSET NEXT TO THE BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DESIGNATE AREA FOR ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AND ENSURE EMPLOYEES STORE IN DESIGNATED AREAS.

When was El Presidente Restaurant last inspected?

El Presidente Restaurant has 32 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

El Presidente Restaurant vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 March 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.