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El Maya
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 24, 2017
- address1522-1526 W Montrose Ave, Chicago 60613
Is El Maya clean?
El Maya is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 24, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Maya?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 24, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • FOUND TOP OF REFRIGERATOR NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOOR DRAINS NOT CLEAN AT BAR AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FOUND FLOOR DRAINS NOT CLEAN AT BAR AREAS. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • FOUND LIGHTS NOT SHIELDED AT MAIN KITCHEN. MUST SHIELD.
When was El Maya last inspected?
El Maya has 14 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| August 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2017 | — | |
| December 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 11, 2016 | — | |
| May 29, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2015 | — | |
| July 22, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2013 | — | |
| December 10, 2012 | Pass |
El Maya vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 August 24, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.