Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2014
• address6401 W Addison St, Chicago 60634

Is Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's clean?

Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 19, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Prep table lower shelving had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/sealed.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • Prep table lower shelving had peeling paint/rust, shall be repaired/sealed.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Non food contact surfaces of reach in cooler shelving not clean, need cleaning.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Damaged/broken floor tiles in kitchen area, shall be repaired/replaced, floors under prep table not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • Damaged/broken floor tiles in kitchen area, shall be repaired/replaced, floors under prep table not clean, need detailed cleaning(corners).
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Damaged/broken light shield in kitchen area shall be replaced.

When was Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's last inspected?

Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's has 6 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2011.

Big-Red's-Yo-Joe's 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.

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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, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.