El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd.

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 4, 2010 →
• address1700 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60608

Is El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd. clean?

El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd. is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd.?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2010. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd. last inspected?

El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd. has 1 inspection on record going back to May 4, 2010.

El Tequis Restaurant And Bar, Ltd. vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 80% clean across 699 tracked restaurants — 551 clean, 98 mid, 38 cooked.

Against the 699 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 4, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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