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Aroy Thai Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address4654 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60625
Is Aroy Thai Restaurant clean?
Aroy Thai Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 28, 2026. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Aroy Thai Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SHRIMP STORED IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ICE IN THE SMALL PREP COOLER IN THE PREP AREA AND A MILK CARTON STORED INSIDE OF ICE IN THE ICE MACHINE IN THE WAIT STATION AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT NOT TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ICE.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED SHRIMP STORED IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ICE IN THE SMALL PREP COOLER IN THE PREP AREA AND A MILK CARTON STORED INSIDE OF ICE IN THE ICE MACHINE IN THE WAIT STATION AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT NOT TO STORE FOOD ITEMS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH ICE.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY REUSING SINGLE USE GROCERY BAGS TO STORE FOOD ITEMS (LETTUCE, GREENS) IN THE PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO NOT REUSE SINGLE SERVICE BAGS FOR FOOD ITEMS AND TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS IN EITHER FOOD GRADE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED FACILITY REUSING SINGLE USE GROCERY BAGS TO STORE FOOD ITEMS (LETTUCE, GREENS) IN THE PREP COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO NOT REUSE SINGLE SERVICE BAGS FOR FOOD ITEMS AND TO STORE ALL FOOD ITEMS IN EITHER FOOD GRADE BAGS OR CONTAINERS.
When was Aroy Thai Restaurant last inspected?
Aroy Thai Restaurant has 18 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| January 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| October 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 27, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Aroy Thai Restaurant vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 32% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 293 clean, 67 mid, 556 cooked.
Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.