Cooked?
El Tio Mario
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 13, 2017
- address6336 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60629
Is El Tio Mario clean?
El Tio Mario is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 13, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at El Tio Mario?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 13, 2017. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Tio Mario last inspected?
El Tio Mario has 9 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 9, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2013 | Fail |
El Tio Mario vs West Lawn
West Lawn runs 70% clean across 359 tracked restaurants — 249 clean, 60 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 359 spots Cooked tracks in West Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 13, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.