Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 23, 2026 →
• address3519 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623

Is Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote clean?

Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote last inspected?

Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote has 25 inspections on record going back to June 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ostioneria Restaurant El El Tecolote vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 April 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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