Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 12, 2026 →
• address3125 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco clean?

Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 12, 2026. 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 Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible

When was Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco last inspected?

Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco has 14 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pupuseria & Restaurant El Cuscatleco vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 76% clean across 328 tracked restaurants — 248 clean, 69 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 328 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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