Kawayan

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2023
• address4859 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Kawayan clean?

Kawayan is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 11, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Kawayan?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED INTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COLDING UNITS WILL SPILLAGE ON INTERIOR IN REAR KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR OF ONE DOOR UPRIGHT FREEZER IN REAR STORAGE AREA WHERE HOT WATER TANK IS LOCATED. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE BUILDUP AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: OBSERVED LEAKING DRAIN PIPE OF ONE COMPARTMENT SINK IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS UNDERNEATH ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DUSTY WALLS AND CEILING IN DINING AREA AND REAR KITCHEN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14: OBSERVED DUSTY CEILING VENT COVERS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DUST AND GREASE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF HOOD AND FILTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-501.14: OBSERVED DUSTY CEILING VENT COVERS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DUST AND GREASE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF HOOD AND FILTER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ONE EMPLOYEE WORKING ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, CURRENT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING MUST BE MAINTAINED ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: OBSERVED NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ONE EMPLOYEE WORKING ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST OBTAIN FOOD HANDLER TRAINING, CURRENT PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING MUST BE MAINTAINED ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.

When was Kawayan last inspected?

Kawayan has 17 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Kawayan vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ La Flor De Michoacan
  clean · April 27, 2016
• ✓ Chicagoland Deli International
  clean · April 17, 2023
• ✓ Bacci Pizza Express
  clean · April 11, 2014
• ✓ Martin's Fresh Market
  clean · October 5, 2016
• ✓! Shell
  mid · June 26, 2020
• ✓! El Gallo Giro#2
  mid · February 10, 2021

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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 11, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.