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Saboro Mexican Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 9, 2025
- address4507 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60630
Is Saboro Mexican Grill clean?
Saboro Mexican Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Saboro Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE/PLAN AND KIT FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PROCEDURE/PLAN AND TO MAINTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • GREASE AT INTERIOR CABINET OF THE DEEP FRYER AND OVEN.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. RAW WOODEN PANEL AT FRONT OF COUNTER TOP IN DINING AREA SURFACE NOT EASILY CLENABLE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAKING PIPE UNDER THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK(WASH SINK),REPAIR ISSUE.HANDWASHING SINK BY THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK SLOWLY DRAINING.REPAIR ISSUE.
- ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • GRASE TRAP UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT WITH RUST.SURFACE NOT CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO PAINT.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON ABSORBENT SURFACE.Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • GRASE TRAP UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT WITH RUST.SURFACE NOT CLEANABLE.INSTRUCTED TO PAINT.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON ABSORBENT SURFACE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BROKEN CAULKING BETWEEN THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND WALLS,REPLACE. • GREASE AND GRIME ON FLOORS UNDER EQUIPMENTS ,CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES PROVIDED ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
When was Saboro Mexican Grill last inspected?
Saboro Mexican Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 1, 2025 | — |
Saboro Mexican Grill vs Albany Park
Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.
Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 July 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.