Cooked?
Zocalo
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2014
- address358 W Ontario St, Chicago 60654
Is Zocalo clean?
Zocalo is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 22, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Zocalo?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2014. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Zocalo last inspected?
Zocalo has 9 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| May 22, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 10, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 25, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 18, 2011 | Fail | |
| November 22, 2010 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 16, 2010 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Zocalo vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 May 22, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.