David Jenson Catering

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2025
• address1901 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60608
• cuisineCatering

Is David Jenson Catering clean?

David Jenson Catering is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at David Jenson Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS STORED INSIDE OF COLD HOLDING UNIT IN THE REAR PREP AREA.FOUND THE FOLLOWING NOT MEETING COMPLIANCE WITH THE COLD HOLDING REQUIREMENT A CONTAINER OF EVAPORATED MILK (47.8F), BOTTLE/CARTON OF HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM (52.2F-57.8F), SHREDDED CHEESE (47.8F), STEWED TOMATOES (65.0F), EGGS (50.1F).APPROXIMATELY 14LBS AT $68 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARDED. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF REFRIGERATOR AT 48.5F WITH TCS FOODS STORED INSIDE FOR SALE. THE UNIT WAS ADJUSTED AND IS NOW MEETING COMPLIANCE WITH THE COLD HOLDING REQUIREMENT. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING UNITS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED COOKING/ SERVING UTENSILS SUCH AS SPOONS, FLAT EDGE SPATULAS, SPATULAS NOT INVERTED ON THE SHELF ABOVE THE FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA. IKNSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED COOKING/ SERVING UTENSILS SUCH AS SPOONS, FLAT EDGE SPATULAS, SPATULAS NOT INVERTED ON THE SHELF ABOVE THE FOOD PREP TABLE IN THE REAR PREP AREA. IKNSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.

When was David Jenson Catering last inspected?

David Jenson Catering has 9 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2019.

David Jenson Catering vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.