Carribean Jerk Palace

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 12, 2024
• address3792-94 W 79Th St, Chicago 60652

Is Carribean Jerk Palace clean?

Carribean Jerk Palace is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 12, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Carribean Jerk Palace?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO ENSURE PERSON-IN-CHARGE WITH CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER OR POSTED CERTIFICATE ON-SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED (COOKED CHICKEN, COOKED PORK). INSTRUCTED TO ENSURE AT LEAST ONE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER IS ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PLASTIC TUB USED AS SCOOP IN BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER NEAR WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC TUB AND REPLACE WITH UTENSIL WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF DRY FOOD AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PLASTIC TUB USED AS SCOOP IN BULK FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER NEAR WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC TUB AND REPLACE WITH UTENSIL WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF DRY FOOD AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED UTENSILS (KNIFE, SCRAPER) STORED IN-BETWEEN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND WALL IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UTENSILS AND STORE IN-USE UTENSILS ON A CLEAN AND SANITIZED SURFACE AND MAINTAIN.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED UTENSILS (KNIFE, SCRAPER) STORED IN-BETWEEN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND WALL IN THE KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UTENSILS AND STORE IN-USE UTENSILS ON A CLEAN AND SANITIZED SURFACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF FOOD THERMOMETER IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FOOD THERMOMETER TO ENSURE NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES ARE MAINTAINED SMOOTH AND EASILY-CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED CAN OPENER IN REAR KITCHEN AREA IN POOR REPAIR WITH BLADE NO LONGER EASILY REMOVABLE FOR CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD CAN OPENER BLADE AND REPLACE WITH MODEL THAT IS EASILY REMOVABLE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SEVERAL WALLS AND DOORWAYS THROUGHOUT ALL AREAS OF THE FACILITY TO BE IN POOR REPAIR AND MADE OF MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT SMOOTH OR EASILY-CLEANABLE. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE WALL AND DOORWAY SURFACES WITH MATERIALS THAT ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY-CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN CLEAN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM IN BOTH EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY FOR ALL AREAS EXPOSED TO OBNOXIOUS ODORS AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM IN BOTH EMPLOYEE WASHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY FOR ALL AREAS EXPOSED TO OBNOXIOUS ODORS AND MAINTAIN.

When was Carribean Jerk Palace last inspected?

Carribean Jerk Palace has 3 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2024.

Carribean Jerk Palace vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 April 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.