Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2025
• address3208 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago 60641

Is Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings clean?

Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 19, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED CHICKEN WINGS STORED IN 2 DOOR COOLER NEAR FRYER HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 50.1F. MANAGEMENT DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 5LBS OF CHICKEN VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $60. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL TCS ITEMS AT OR BELOW 41F AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON BOTH DRAWERS OF 2 DOOR DRAWER COOLER USED TO STORE CHICKEN WINGS LOCATED NEXT TO FRYERS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN GASKETS IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED SINK STOPPERS AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DO NOT WORK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK SO THAT THE COMPARTMENTS CAN BE PROPERLY FILLED AND DRAINED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED SINK STOPPERS AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK DO NOT WORK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK SO THAT THE COMPARTMENTS CAN BE PROPERLY FILLED AND DRAINED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SLOW DRAINING EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED NEAR PIZZA MAKING STATION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN SINK IN GOOD CONDITION.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED 1 BURNT OUT LIGHTBULB IN HOOD OVER COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED 1 BURNT OUT LIGHTBULB IN HOOD OVER COOK LINE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.

When was Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings last inspected?

Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings has 32 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.