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El Rincon Del Sabor
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 7, 2026
- address7026 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60707
Is El Rincon Del Sabor clean?
El Rincon Del Sabor is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Rincon Del Sabor?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-602.11(A; B:1-4,6,7; C; D)---OBSERVED PACKAGED DESSERTS NOT PROPERLY LABELED IN THE PREP COOLER.INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL DESSERTS WITH COMMON NAME, NAME OF MANUFACTURER AND ADDRESS, INGREDIENTS, NET CONTENTS, ETC.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 4-301.16--OBSERVED NO SINK FOR FOOD PREPARATION AT FRONT PREP AREA WHERE FRESH FRUIT SQUEEZED JUICES ETC. ARE MADE TO ORDER.MUST INSTALL AND MAINTAIN.
When was El Rincon Del Sabor last inspected?
El Rincon Del Sabor has 14 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 1, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 20, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
El Rincon Del Sabor vs Montclare
Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.