Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 2, 2017
• address5058 S Halsted St, Chicago 60609

Is Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken clean?

Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 2, 2017. 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 Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2017, 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 • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES AT HOT HOLDING UNIT: CONTAINER OF RICE AND BEANS 109.2F, CONTAINER OF MACARONI AND CHEESE 112.4F, AND CONTAINER OF GRAVY AT 109.9F. ALL PRODUCT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED AT THIS TIME. APPROX 10LBS. $50 VALUE. VIOLATION 7-38-005A CRITICAL.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS ON SITE IMPROPERLY DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTED. LARGE 55 GALLON CONTAINERS BEING USED TO STORE MARINATED CHICKEN. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS AND BE ABLE TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE ALL MULTI USE EQUIPMENT.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS ON SITE IMPROPERLY DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTED. LARGE 55 GALLON CONTAINERS BEING USED TO STORE MARINATED CHICKEN. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS AND BE ABLE TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE, AND SANITIZE ALL MULTI USE EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER AT DRAIN IN REAR NEAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR DRAIN COVER AT DRAIN IN REAR NEAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND DOORSTHROUGH OUT REAR NOT CLEAN, DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME. STAINED CEILING TILES IN REAR. REPLACE SAME.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS AND DOORSTHROUGH OUT REAR NOT CLEAN, DEBRIS. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAME. STAINED CEILING TILES IN REAR. REPLACE SAME.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTSHIELD MISSING ABOVE PREP TABLE. PROVIDE SAME. INADEQUATE LIGHTING ON PREMISES. INSTD TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MISSING METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MISSING METAL STEM THERMOMETER FOR FOOD HANDLERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.

When was Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken last inspected?

Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2012.

Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken vs Fuller Park

Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ✓ Jamaica Island Jerk Chicken
  clean · February 15, 2017
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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 February 2, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.