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El Publano
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 27, 2025
- address2610 W 51St St, Chicago 60632
Is El Publano clean?
El Publano is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Publano?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER UNDER EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was El Publano last inspected?
El Publano has 15 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 31, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2013 | Pass |
El Publano vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 October 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.