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Pollo Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 30, 2021
- address1315 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608
Is Pollo Express clean?
Pollo Express is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 30, 2021. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Pollo Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE COVER FOR THE RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM MISSING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED THE COVER FOR THE RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM MISSING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR TILES IN POOR REPAIR(CRACKED/BROKEN) THROUGH OUT THE PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED THE CEILING TILE IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA IN POOR REPAIR(WATER DAMAGED). MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Pollo Express last inspected?
Pollo Express has 16 inspections on record going back to March 2, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| September 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 31, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 30, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 20, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2014 | Pass |
Pollo Express 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 0% 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 September 30, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.