El Presidente Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: EXPOSED HAND SINK NOT ACCESIBLE AND CONVENIENT TO WASH HANDS IN THE DINING AREA CLOSED TO THE ICE MACHINE. PORTABLE YELLOW MOP SINK IN FRONT OF THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND ALL CHEMICALS,CHLOROX AND PINE SOLS BOTTLES ARE STORED UNDER THE SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT EXPOSED HAND SINK MUST BE CONVENIENT AND ACCESIBLE TO WASH HANDS. CITATION ISSUED CRITICAL 7-38-030. MANAGER ASKED ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE THE PORTABLE MOP SINK AND ALL THE CHEMICALS UNDER THE EXPOSED HAND SINK DURING INSPECTION.
  code 11Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: ALL FOOD CONTAINERS WITH READY TO EAT FOODS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER MUST BE LABELED AND DATED.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST RE CAULK ALL THE EXPOSED HAND SINK AND ALL THE WASHBOWL SINK IN THE WASHROOM. CAULK ARE ALL WORN OUT.
  code 32
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST REMOVE CARDBOARD ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK IN FREEZER. ALL CONTAINERS WITH COOKED FOODS MUST BE ELEVATED 6" OFF THE FLOOR INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CRACKED/DAMAGED CEILING ABOVE THE WATER HEATER IN THE BASEMENT. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: MISSING LIGHT SHIELD ON THE LIGHT BULB INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER. MUST PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 18, 2014: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Logan Square

• ? La Estrella Bakery
  cooked · 3309 W Armitage Ave · inspected January 20, 2012
• ? Darwin's
  cooked · 1935 N Damen Ave · inspected November 2, 2012
• ✓ Subway
  cooked · 1917 W Fullerton Ave · inspected January 28, 2025
• ? California Foods
  cooked · 2058 N California Ave · inspected April 18, 2013
• ✓! Cafe Laguardia
  cooked · 2111 W Armitage Ave · inspected May 23, 2014
• ? Royal Restaurant
  cooked · 2401-2403 N Milwaukee Ave · inspected December 9, 2014

See every restaurant in Logan Square →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.