El Rancho

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 5, 2013
• address10500 S Ewing Ave, Chicago 60617
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is El Rancho clean?

El Rancho is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 5, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Rancho?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN POOR REPAIR IN PREP AREA AT TREAR DOOR.MUST REPAIR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN POOR REPAIR IN PREP AREA AT TREAR DOOR.MUST REPAIR.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST ORGANIZE STORAGE OFF FLOORS ON SHELVING UNITS.REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES NOT USING FOR BUSINESS IN BASEMENT AND 1ST FL CLOSET.

When was El Rancho last inspected?

El Rancho has 6 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2012.

El Rancho vs East Side

East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, 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 April 5, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.