El Rey Nayar

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 8, 2018
• address3658 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is El Rey Nayar clean?

El Rey Nayar is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 8, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Rey Nayar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO VENTILATION INSIDE THE MEN'S WASHROOM. MUST INSTALL.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUBBER GASKET ON THE DOOR OF THE ONE DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN THE FRONT SERVING AREA AND THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUBBER GASKET ON THE DOOR OF THE ONE DOOR REACH IN COOLER IN THE FRONT SERVING AREA AND THE 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • BROKEN /CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN THE PREP/DISH AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE FLOOR TILES. MAKE THE FLOOR SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST RE GROUT THE FLOOR IN THE PREP/DISH AREA. (GROUT WORN OUT BETWEEN THE FLOOR TILES) AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • BROKEN /CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN THE PREP/DISH AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE FLOOR TILES. MAKE THE FLOOR SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST RE GROUT THE FLOOR IN THE PREP/DISH AREA. (GROUT WORN OUT BETWEEN THE FLOOR TILES) AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • MUST REPLACE LIGHT BULBS THRU OUT PREP AREA WITH SHATTERED PROOFED LIGHT BULBS.

When was El Rey Nayar last inspected?

El Rey Nayar has 2 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2018.

El Rey Nayar vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, 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 June 8, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.