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Jaffa Bagels
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 24, 2020
- address225 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60601
Is Jaffa Bagels clean?
Jaffa Bagels is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on January 24, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Jaffa Bagels?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PREPARING FOOD IN PREP AREA WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES WHEN PREPARING FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PREPARING FOOD IN PREP AREA WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT ALL TIMES WHEN PREPARING FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • MUST DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR PANEL OF ICE MACHINE, PANEL A LITTLE DIRTY, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • MUST LABEL FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH COMMON FOOD NAMES; FLOUR, SUGAR, ETC., WHEN FOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
When was Jaffa Bagels last inspected?
Jaffa Bagels has 17 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| June 14, 2022 | — | |
| January 14, 2021 | — | |
| January 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2020 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 25, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| May 31, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Jaffa Bagels vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.