Jack's Fork In The Road

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 25, 2016
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Jack's Fork In The Road clean?

Jack's Fork In The Road is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 25, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Jack's Fork In The Road?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE BOTTOM OF THE FLAT TOP GRILL AND INTERIOR OF FRYER IS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS THRU OUT STAINED WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE, DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE ON THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE ON THE VENTS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE ON THE WALL BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE ON THE VENTS ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Jack's Fork In The Road last inspected?

Jack's Fork In The Road has 5 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2014.

Jack's Fork In The Road 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 34% 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 May 25, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.