Bacon & Jam

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedFebruary 20, 2019
• address3335 W 111Th St, Chicago 60655

Is Bacon & Jam clean?

Bacon & Jam is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 20, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bacon & Jam?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO VOMITING OR DIARRHEAL PROCEDURE OR SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED DISHWASHER NOT WASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN LOADING SOILED DISHES AND UNLOADING CLEAN DISHES FROM DISHWASHER AND OBSERVED HOSTESSES NOT WASHING HANDS BETWEEN HANDLING MONEY, SOILED DISHES AND PREPARING TOAST AND ENGLISH MUFFINS(RTE FOODS). INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO EXPLAIN PROPER HAND WASHING PROCEDURE. EMPLOYEES SHALL WASH HANDS BEFORE HANDLING FOOD AND CLEAN EQUIPMENT. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-010
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING ON FOOD ITEMS IN COOLERS UNDERNEATH THE PREP TABLE AND IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE MARK ALL FOOD ITEMS AND MAINTAIN FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF SUGAR NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED A HALF INCH GAP ON BOTTOM OF REAR ENTRY DOOR IN KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INSTALL A DOOR SWEEP TO PREVENT PEST ENTRY.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED IMPROPERLY THROUGH OUT THE RESTAURANT. THEY WERE NOT IN SANITIZING SOLUTION AND SOILED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES, FORK AND SPOON DISPENSER ON CLEAN SHELVES AND UNDERNEATH AND ON TOP OF COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE SOILED WIPING CLOTHS AND PROPERLY STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SERVING CUP STORED INSIDE OF ICE BIN AND BEING USED AS AN ICE SCOOP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE PROPER ICE DISPENSING UTENSILS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SERVING CUP STORED INSIDE OF ICE BIN AND BEING USED AS AN ICE SCOOP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE PROPER ICE DISPENSING UTENSILS.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED KITCHEN UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED IN DINING AREA AND KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. • OBSERVED PRE-SET TABLEWARE ON DINING TABLES NOT WRAPPED,COVERED OR INVERTED, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO WRAP, COVER OR INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED KITCHEN UTENSILS IMPROPERLY STORED IN DINING AREA AND KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY INVERT UTENSILS TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. • OBSERVED PRE-SET TABLEWARE ON DINING TABLES NOT WRAPPED,COVERED OR INVERTED, INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO WRAP, COVER OR INVERT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE TABLEWARE AND ARTICLES IMPROPERLY STORED. UTENSILS SHALL BE STORED IN AN INVERTED MANNER TO AVOID CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED SINGLE-SERVICE TABLEWARE AND ARTICLES IMPROPERLY STORED. UTENSILS SHALL BE STORED IN AN INVERTED MANNER TO AVOID CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW DEVICE ON UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED RECEPTACLES IN BACK CORNER OF PROPERTY OVERFLOWING WITH GARBAGE AND UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLOSE RECEPTACLES TO MAKE INACCESSIBLE TO RODENTS AND INSECTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(B)
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED RECEPTACLES IN BACK CORNER OF PROPERTY OVERFLOWING WITH GARBAGE AND UNCOVERED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLOSE RECEPTACLES TO MAKE INACCESSIBLE TO RODENTS AND INSECTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(B)
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS UNDER SHELVES COUNTER AND IN CORNERS OF RESTAURANT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN, SANITIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.

When was Bacon & Jam last inspected?

Bacon & Jam has 4 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2017.

Bacon & Jam vs Mount Greenwood

Mount Greenwood runs 66% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 99 clean, 22 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in Mount Greenwood, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 February 20, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.