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El Siete Catering
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 2, 2025
- address4147 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60632
Is El Siete Catering clean?
El Siete Catering is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Siete Catering?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS (SCOOPS) FOR DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS BEING STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS (SCOOPS) FOR DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS BEING STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO STORE PROPERLY BETWEEN USAGE.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING. • OBSERVED EATING UTENSILS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS WITH HANDLES EXPOSED AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED PLATES NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT PLATES AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING. • OBSERVED EATING UTENSILS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT UTENSILS WITH HANDLES EXPOSED AFTER SANITIZING AND AIR DRYING.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE EXHAUST VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM AND IN THE DISHWASH/STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT/DEBRIS BUILDUP ON THE EXHAUST VENTILATION IN THE WASHROOM AND IN THE DISHWASH/STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was El Siete Catering last inspected?
El Siete Catering has 6 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2025 | — | |
| May 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2024 | — | |
| July 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2023 | Fail |
El Siete Catering vs Brighton Park
Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 December 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.