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El Rey Del Maiz
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2023
- address5120 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60639
- cuisineBakery
Is El Rey Del Maiz clean?
El Rey Del Maiz is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 23, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Rey Del Maiz?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2023. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was El Rey Del Maiz last inspected?
El Rey Del Maiz has 10 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 24, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2018 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2018 | — |
El Rey Del Maiz vs Belmont Cragin
Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 23, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.