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The Sabroso Pollo
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 6, 2026
- address4440 S Western Ave, Chicago 60609
Is The Sabroso Pollo clean?
The Sabroso Pollo is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Sabroso Pollo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hand soap provided at main prep kitchen hand wash sink, Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c).
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offProper Hot Holding Temperatures • Found 20 lbs of cooked chicken held at 83.4f in hot holding that's not turned on. Instructed manager to keep all hot TCS foods held at 135f or higher. Priority violation 7-38-005. Chicken discarded valued at $70.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • Bulk food container not labeled ( salt ) instructed to label.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • Unable to locate backflow prevention device for ice maker, instructed to install.
When was The Sabroso Pollo last inspected?
The Sabroso Pollo has 23 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 18, 2024 | — | |
| March 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2020 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
The Sabroso Pollo vs Brighton Park
Brighton Park runs 64% clean across 402 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 80 mid, 66 cooked.
Against the 402 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Park, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 January 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.