El Rio Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 6, 2014
• address3246 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625

Is El Rio Restaurant clean?

El Rio Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 6, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Rio Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • DEEP FRYER CABINET, INTERIOR DEEP FREEZER, SINKS, PREP COUNTER, COOLERS AND FILTER OF EXHAUST HOOD NOT CLEANED. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE DAILY.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN BASEMENT AND IN KITCHEN ALONG WALL BASE NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOOR IN BASEMENT AND IN KITCHEN ALONG WALL BASE NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN DAILY.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • EXHAUST FAN IN TOILET ROOMS NOT WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR EXHAUST FANS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • UNNECESSARY ARTICLES STORED THROUGH-OUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES AND ELEVATE SUPPLIES 6 INCHES OR HIGHER AND AWAY FROM WALL.

When was El Rio Restaurant last inspected?

El Rio Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2012.

El Rio Restaurant 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.

Other spots in Albany Park

• ✓ El Rio Restaurant
  clean · September 25, 2012
• ✓ Don De Vida
  clean · November 16, 2015
• ✓! Salgado's Bakery
  mid · January 17, 2024
• ✓ Su Taqueria El Gallo Bravo 7
  clean · August 13, 2012
• ✓ Seamos Felices
  clean · October 24, 2014
• ✓ Mayfair Market
  clean · July 1, 2015

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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 May 6, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.