J & J Food & Grocery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 23, 2019
• address901 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is J & J Food & Grocery clean?

J & J Food & Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 23, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at J & J Food & Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11: **PF** Responsibility -- Assignment (PIC) NO CITY OF CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANGER CERTIFICATE POSTED AND NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. (ITALIAN BEEF, ETC) MUST PROVIDE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • DETAIL CLEAN AND PROPERLY SANITIZE MULTI USE UTENSILS.
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • NOTED IMPROPER THAWING OF GROUND BEEF. NOTED TWO TUBES OF GROUND BEEF THAWING ON THE PREP TABLE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. MUST PROPERLY THAW FOOD UNDER REFRIGERATION, IN THE MICROWAVE OR AS PART OF THE COOKING PROCESS.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • NOTED IMPROPER THAWING OF GROUND BEEF. NOTED TWO TUBES OF GROUND BEEF THAWING ON THE PREP TABLE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. MUST PROPERLY THAW FOOD UNDER REFRIGERATION, IN THE MICROWAVE OR AS PART OF THE COOKING PROCESS.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • DETAIL CLEAN COOKING EQUIPMENT, SINKS, PREP TABLES, COOLERS AND SHELVING.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • MUST PROVIDE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AT MOP SINK.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • MUST PROVIDE THE PROPER ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR THE CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE.

When was J & J Food & Grocery last inspected?

J & J Food & Grocery has 5 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2019.

J & J Food & Grocery vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, 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 December 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.