Manjares Al Express

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 3, 2026
• address2226-2230 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Manjares Al Express clean?

Manjares Al Express is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Manjares Al Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • ALL CUTTING BOARDS IN NEED OF REPLACING. BOARDS HAVE DARK SPOTS AND CUTS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • LARGE BULK FOOD CONTAINERS IN NEED OF LABELING WITH COMMODITY NAME. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEANING OF OUTER AREAS OF REACH IN COOLERS AND FREEZERS TO REMOVE BUILD UP INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN NEED OF CLEANING BEHIND REACH IN FREEZERS AND COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • LIGHTS IN NEED OF PROPER SHEILDS OR CHANGE BULBS TO SHATTER PROOF BULBS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • LIGHTS IN NEED OF PROPER SHEILDS OR CHANGE BULBS TO SHATTER PROOF BULBS. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN

When was Manjares Al Express last inspected?

Manjares Al Express has 33 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Manjares Al Express vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in Lower West Side

• ✓ Coyotes Restaurant, Inc.
  clean · July 1, 2025
• ✕ Awapalima
  cooked · March 17, 2010
• ✓ El Mezcal
  clean · January 19, 2012
• ✓ La Potosina Grocery
  clean · August 11, 2010
• ✕ Triple A Services, Inc.
  cooked · April 15, 2010
• ✓ Iramex Produce Llc
  clean · April 6, 2010

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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 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.