Panaderia El Acambaro

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
• address1720 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineBakery

Is Panaderia El Acambaro clean?

Panaderia El Acambaro is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Panaderia El Acambaro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • FRONT DOOR WITH A 1/4" GAP UNDERNEATH AND IS NOT RODENT/INSECT PROOFED. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT/INSECT PROOF FRONT DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT WHEN PREPARING FOOD AND IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  Personal Cleanliness • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT WHEN PREPARING FOOD AND IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • TONGS FOR RETRIEVING PASTRIES ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE A CLEAN CONTAINER/BIN. MAINTAIN SAME.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • TONGS FOR RETRIEVING PASTRIES ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE A CLEAN CONTAINER/BIN. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • LOWER SURFACE OF THE PREP TABLES IN THE REAR WITH FOOD, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SURFACES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • THE HAND WASHING SINK SLOWLY DRAINS. THERE IS A LEAK AT THE COLD WATER KNOB ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO FIX ALL PLUMBING ISSUES AND MAINTAIN GOOD PLUMBING.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND SINKS WITH FOOD, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF THAT THEY TOOK THE FOOD HANDLER'S COURSE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOOD HANDLERS WITH NO PROOF THAT THEY TOOK THE FOOD HANDLER'S COURSE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE.

When was Panaderia El Acambaro last inspected?

Panaderia El Acambaro has 10 inspections on record going back to March 4, 2011.

Panaderia El Acambaro vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in Lower West Side

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• ✓ Gaviota
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• ✓ Paleteria Las Tarascas Inc.
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• ✓ Johnny O's
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• ✓ Cafe Mesitzo
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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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.