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Poncitlan #5
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026
- address3400 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60641
Is Poncitlan #5 clean?
Poncitlan #5 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Poncitlan #5?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Poncitlan #5 last inspected?
Poncitlan #5 has 23 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Poncitlan #5 vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 January 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.