Jake's Pup In The Ruf

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2010
• address4401 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60640

Is Jake's Pup In The Ruf clean?

Jake's Pup In The Ruf is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 1, 2010. 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 Jake's Pup In The Ruf?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. FOUND SLICED HAM STORED IN REACH IN(SECOND PREP AREA), COOLER AT TEMP OF 46.2F AND DICED COOKED POTATOES AT TEMP OF 47.3F.FOUND SLICED HAM IN WALK-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 47.4F,AND WHOLE COOKED POTATOES STORED IN REACH-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 57.7F.NO TIME AND TEMPERATURE LOG PROVIDED.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED,POUND 15,VALUE 75.WALK-IN COOLER AND REACH-IN COOLERS AT PROPER TEMPERATURE.CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-005(A) HOOOO63958.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. REMOVE EXCESS CAT FECES IN BASEMENT AREA.(NO FOOD OR FOOD ITEMS IN BASEMENT).SPECIALLY SOUTH EAST AREA OF BASEMENT.DETAIL CLEAN GREASE BUILD-UP BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA , UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND STORAGE AREA.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair. REMOVE EXCESS CAT FECES IN BASEMENT AREA.(NO FOOD OR FOOD ITEMS IN BASEMENT).SPECIALLY SOUTH EAST AREA OF BASEMENT.DETAIL CLEAN GREASE BUILD-UP BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT PREP AREA , UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND STORAGE AREA.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.MISSING WALL UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE IT.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.MISSING WALL UNDER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE IT.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH, CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Ventilation: All plumbing fixtures, such as toilets, sinks, washbasins, etc., must be adequately trapped, vented, and re-vented and properly connected to the sewer in accordance with the plumbing chapter of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health.NEED TO PROVIDE VENTILATION IN BOTH WASHROOMS.STOPPERS IS NEEDED IN THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINKS.

When was Jake's Pup In The Ruf last inspected?

Jake's Pup In The Ruf has 1 inspection on record going back to September 1, 2010.

Jake's Pup In The Ruf vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 September 1, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.