Sabroso

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 2, 2026
• address624 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Sabroso clean?

Sabroso is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sabroso?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED A FULL, DEEP PAN OF RAW BEEF THAWING OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER COOLING METHODS SUCH AS PLACING FOOD ITEM INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER OVERNIGHT, OR UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED A FULL, DEEP PAN OF RAW BEEF THAWING OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER COOLING METHODS SUCH AS PLACING FOOD ITEM INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER OVERNIGHT, OR UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11: OBSERVED A BIG POT OF FOOD AND A CONTAINER OF FOOD ON THE FLOOR IN THE FRONT PREP AREA AND INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM STORING FOOD ITEMS ON FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11: OBSERVED A BIG POT OF FOOD AND A CONTAINER OF FOOD ON THE FLOOR IN THE FRONT PREP AREA AND INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REFRAIN FROM STORING FOOD ITEMS ON FLOOR.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11: OBSERVED FEMALE FOOD HANDLER IN FOOD PREP AREA, PREPARING FOOD WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN PREP AREA.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11: OBSERVED FEMALE FOOD HANDLER IN FOOD PREP AREA, PREPARING FOOD WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHILE IN PREP AREA.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON COOKING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND STORE INSIDE SANITIZER BUCKETS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED NO SINK STOPPERS ON SITE FOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED NO SINK STOPPERS ON SITE FOR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.13: OBSERVED FLOORS THROUGHOUT FACILITY IN NEED OF CLEANING. ESPECIALLY, UNDER ALL THE COOKING EQUIPMENT, IN THE WALK-IN COOLER, AND IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEEP CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Sabroso last inspected?

Sabroso has 13 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sabroso vs West Town

West Town runs 46% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 955 clean, 252 mid, 850 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 55% 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 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.