Ella Elli

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 18, 2025 →
• address1347-1353 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Ella Elli clean?

Ella Elli is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ella Elli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored

When was Ella Elli last inspected?

Ella Elli has 14 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ella Elli vs Lake View

Lake View runs 79% clean across 1,124 tracked restaurants — 879 clean, 218 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 1,124 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Ella Elli
  clean · February 8, 2017
• ✓ Mortar And Pestle
  cooked · September 17, 2021
• ✓ Irie Bar & Grille
  cooked · April 19, 2021
• ✓ Irie Tavern
  clean · February 23, 2017
• ✕ Khyber Pass
  cooked · August 15, 2019
• ✓! New Banh Mi & Co.
  cooked · February 1, 2018

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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