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El Progreso
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 10, 2022
- address3937 W 31St St, Chicago 60623
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is El Progreso clean?
El Progreso is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 10, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Progreso?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 10, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF RUST ON SHELVING THROUGHOUT SALES AREA OF FACILITY. OBSERVED BUILD UP OF GRIME ON INTERIOR OF COOLER DOORS THROUGHOUT SALES FACILITY. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
When was El Progreso last inspected?
El Progreso has 17 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 16, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| November 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 18, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 25, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2015 | Pass |
El Progreso vs South Lawndale
South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.
Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 November 10, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.