Iboru El Pulpo Loco

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
• address6619 N Clark St, Chicago 60626

Is Iboru El Pulpo Loco clean?

Iboru El Pulpo Loco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 24, 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 Iboru El Pulpo Loco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IS REQUIRED IN ALL HANDWASHING SINK,INCLUDED THE WASHROOMS
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • BEGINING OF MINERAL BUILD-UP AT INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR AND ICE BIN. ICE IS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN UNIT.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED COOK WITH BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BEARD RESTRAINTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARDS.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED COOK WITH BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BEARD RESTRAINTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARDS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • A BUCKET WITH SANITIZE SOLUTION AND LINEN MUST BE PROVIDED AT PREP TABLES
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLERS IN PREP AREA. ALSO MISSING/BROKEN HANDLES AT REACH-IN COOLERS AND REACH-IN FREEZERS IN BASEMENT. REPAIR/REPLACE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE THE CABINET OF DEEP FRYER,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE FOR THE NEW CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS

When was Iboru El Pulpo Loco last inspected?

Iboru El Pulpo Loco has 17 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Iboru El Pulpo Loco vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

Other spots in Rogers Park

• ✕ Chicago Ice Cream Company
  cooked · May 10, 2013
• ✓ Ciao Bella Cafe
  clean · December 17, 2013
• ✓ J.B. Alberto's Pizza
  clean · June 12, 2013
• ✓ Millenium Mega Mart
  clean · May 24, 2016
• ✓ Jaymadi Foodmart
  clean · May 8, 2013
• ✓ The Glenwood
  clean · July 16, 2013

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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 February 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.