El Paiza Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 5, 2025 →
• address4781 S Archer Ave, Chicago 60632

Is El Paiza Restaurant clean?

El Paiza Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 5, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at El Paiza Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container

When was El Paiza Restaurant last inspected?

El Paiza Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2023.

El Paiza Restaurant vs Archer Heights

Archer Heights runs 78% clean across 154 tracked restaurants — 118 clean, 30 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 154 spots Cooked tracks in Archer Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

Other spots in Archer Heights

• ✓ El Paiza Restaurant
  clean · May 23, 2023
• ✓ Mr Chilaquil
  clean · May 27, 2026
• ✓ Langosta Nayarita Of Chicago, Llc
  clean · June 29, 2023
• ✓ Peke's Pozole
  clean · June 5, 2026
• ✓! Ekiosa Market
  mid · November 30, 2023
• ✓ Peke's Pozole
  clean · November 14, 2023

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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