Super Mercado El Guerro

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2026
• address1701 W 47Th St, Chicago 60609
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Super Mercado El Guerro clean?

Super Mercado El Guerro is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2026. 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 Super Mercado El Guerro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hands drying provision no paper towels provided in employees toilet room, instructed to provide. priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c) • Additional hand wash sink is required in the basement's walk-in cooler where the meat grinder is located and meat is processed in. • Obstructed hand wash sink at main prep kitchen, a stack of bread crates placed Infront of hand sink preventing access to wash hands as needed. instructed mgr to keep all hand wash sinks unobstructed. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-030(c).
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Food Obtained From Approved Source • Found a 10 lbs container of fresh oysters with no tag attached, unable to find tag that came with oysters, not keeping tags for 90 days of site. instructed manager to keep oyster tag attached to product until sold and keep on file for 90 days. priority violation 7-38-005. oysters discarded valued at $30.
• 🍽️food left unprotected
  Food Separated And Protected • Observed raw and cooked shrimp stored together without separation in seafood display case, raw beef stored above cheese in deli display case. instructed manager to separate ready-to-eat food items from raw meats. Priority violation 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • No sink stoppers provided to 3-comp sink, instructed to provide for proper wash rinse and sanitize. • Using only sprayer to fill 3-comp sink, instructed to provide a faucet neck for easy filling.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • No sink stoppers provided to 3-comp sink, instructed to provide for proper wash rinse and sanitize. • Using only sprayer to fill 3-comp sink, instructed to provide a faucet neck for easy filling.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • unable to locate the back flow prevention device for the ice maker in basement, instructed to install in a easy to view location.
• ⚠️Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • Minor leak noted at the 3-comp sink grease trap, instructed to repair and maintain.
  Sewage & Waste Water Properly Disposed • Minor leak noted at the 3-comp sink grease trap, instructed to repair and maintain.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Minor Leak noted at hand wash sink at main prep kitchen, instructed to repair. No splash guard installed between sink and cutting board at front vegetable prep station. instructed to install.

When was Super Mercado El Guerro last inspected?

Super Mercado El Guerro has 26 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Super Mercado El Guerro vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 March 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.