Pueblito Viejo

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 18, 2025
• address5429 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Pueblito Viejo clean?

Pueblito Viejo is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pueblito Viejo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER MUST BE ACCESSIBLE AT THE HAND WASHING SINK.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN UTENSILS/EQUIPMENT AROUND THE KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK AND MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS BETWEEN THE HAND SINK AND FOOD PREP/FOOD CONTACT AREAS.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN UTENSILS/EQUIPMENT AROUND THE KITCHEN HAND WASHING SINK AND MUST INSTALL SPLASH GUARDS BETWEEN THE HAND SINK AND FOOD PREP/FOOD CONTACT AREAS.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • BAR ICE SCOOP MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE. NOT ON THE TOP OF THE MACHINE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • BAR ICE SCOOP MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BETWEEN USE. NOT ON THE TOP OF THE MACHINE.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS INSIDE THE BAR STORAGE CLOSET MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • ALL STORED ITEMS INSIDE THE BAR STORAGE CLOSET MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE DUCT TAPE AS A MEANS OF REPAIR FOR BLENDERS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DAMAGED WALL CAULKING BETWEEN THE BAR MARBLE PREP TABLE AND BACK WALL.----WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE KITCHEN AT THE MOP SINK AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL.

When was Pueblito Viejo last inspected?

Pueblito Viejo has 24 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pueblito Viejo vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 68% 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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.