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Palenque 2
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 8, 2024
- address4316 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60632
Is Palenque 2 clean?
Palenque 2 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 8, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Palenque 2?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE WATER LINE WITH CONNECTION TO THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO INSTALL BACKFLOW DEVICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
When was Palenque 2 last inspected?
Palenque 2 has 8 inspections on record going back to April 8, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| August 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 8, 2021 | Pass |
Palenque 2 vs Archer Heights
Archer Heights runs 69% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 199 clean, 56 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 August 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.