Big Jones

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2025
• address5347 N Clark St, Chicago 60640

Is Big Jones clean?

Big Jones is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big Jones?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DISH RACKS STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE DISH MACHINE IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE DISH RACKS AT LEAST SIX INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED DISH RACKS STORED ON THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE DISH MACHINE IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE DISH RACKS AT LEAST SIX INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED DAMP/WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON THE COUNTERS IN THE COOKS AND DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL WIPING CLOTHS STORED IN PROPER SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS A SHELF LINER IN THE LIQUOR REACH-IN COOLER BEHIND THE BAR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE OR REPLACE WITH A MATERIAL THAT IS SMOOTH, DURABLE, AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DUST ACCUMULATION ON THE FAN GUARDS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE KITCHEN ENTRY/PREP AREA LOOSE AND DETACHING FROM THE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN FOOD DEBRIS AND SOIL ACCUMULATION FROM THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH DISH MACHINE IN THE UPSTAIRS DISHWASHING AREA.

When was Big Jones last inspected?

Big Jones has 24 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Big Jones vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 38% of them.

Other spots in Edgewater

• ✓! Homemade Pizza
  mid · October 30, 2013
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins
  clean · July 27, 2017
• ✓ Great Lake
  clean · May 25, 2012
• ✓ Brixton
  clean · March 29, 2016
• ✓ Lalibela Restaurant
  clean · June 28, 2017
• ? Katherine Anne Confections
  cooked · September 11, 2012

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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 July 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.