Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 6, 2019
• address7518 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant clean?

Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 6, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • FOUND NO DISPOSAL UNIT ON PREMSIES AS REQUIRED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF GARGABE; MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B)ISSUED.
  Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • FOUND NO DISPOSAL UNIT ON PREMSIES AS REQUIRED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF GARGABE; MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(B)ISSUED.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO OBTAIN A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 ISSUED.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT OR DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • FOUND NO WORKING REFRIGERATION UNIT ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE A WORKING REFRIGERATION UNIT TO MAINTAIN TCS FOODS AT PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED RAW CHICKEN SITTING ON A PAN ON TOP OF THE SINK UNTHAWING; INSTRUCTED ON PROPER THAWING OF TCS FOOD.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • OBSERVED RAW CHICKEN SITTING ON A PAN ON TOP OF THE SINK UNTHAWING; INSTRUCTED ON PROPER THAWING OF TCS FOOD.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE THERMOMETERS TO TAKE TEMPS OF TCS FOODS.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED FIFTY RODENT DROPPINGS ON PREMISES ON THE PREP TABLE, INSIDE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ON STORAGE SHELVES. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A). • NO PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK AVAILABLE AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE A PEST CONTROL LOG BOOK WITH THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FROM A LICENSED PEST CONTROL COMPANY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-020(C) ISSUED. • FRONT DOOR IN POOR REPAIR; MUST REPAIR DOOR THAT FELL OFF THE HINGES. DOOR MUST BE RODENT PROOFED AS REQUIRED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS FOUND ON PREP TABLES NOT STORED IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • FOUND IN USE UTENSILS STORED IMPROPERLY ON PREP TABLES AND INSIDE OF UNCLEAN POTS AND PANS.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • FOUND IN USE UTENSILS STORED IMPROPERLY ON PREP TABLES AND INSIDE OF UNCLEAN POTS AND PANS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR THE THREE COMP SINK TO TEST THE STRENGTH OF THE SANITIZER WHEN WASH RINSE AND SANITIZING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NO CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS FOR THE THREE COMP SINK TO TEST THE STRENGTH OF THE SANITIZER WHEN WASH RINSE AND SANITIZING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE SHELVES, PREP TABLES, SINKS ETC.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO RUNNING WATER UNDER PRESSURE AS REQUIRED AT ALL FIXTURES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C). • FOUND NO FAUCET NECK OR KNOBS AT THE THREE COMP SINK TO PROPERLY SET UP FOR WASH RINSE AND SANITIZING; MUST CORRECT. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL TOILET FIXTURES (SINKS AND TOILETS) AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL TOILET FIXTURES (SINKS AND TOILETS) AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN WALLS AND FLOORS THROUGH OUT KITCHEN AND STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAIR ALL FLOOR TILES IN POOR REPAIR AND CEILING WHERE NEEDED. • FOUND EXCESSIVE CLUTTER (UNUSED EQUIPMENT, UNUSED TOOLS) AND OTHER ITEMS IN PREP AREA AND SERVING AREA; MUST REMOVE ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.

When was Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant last inspected?

Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant has 23 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Daddy'o Jerk Restaurant vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 December 6, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.