Pupuseria El Excelente

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 11, 2015
• address1758 W 18Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Pupuseria El Excelente clean?

Pupuseria El Excelente is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pupuseria El Excelente?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL BULK CONTAINERS IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
  Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed • LABEL BULK CONTAINERS IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST INTERIOR OF REAR REACH-IN COOLER.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • DEFROST INTERIOR OF REAR REACH-IN COOLER.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE MISSING LIGHT SHIELD NEAR COOLERS IN REAR STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE THERMOMETER IN REAR REACH-IN COOLER.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • PROVIDE THERMOMETER IN REAR REACH-IN COOLER.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • STORE MOP HEAD UPRIGHT TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.

When was Pupuseria El Excelente last inspected?

Pupuseria El Excelente has 5 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2013.

Pupuseria El Excelente 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.

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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 June 11, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.