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Jamaica Jerk Villa
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 3, 2026
- address2216 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60616
Is Jamaica Jerk Villa clean?
Jamaica Jerk Villa is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jamaica Jerk Villa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE BOTTOMS OF ALL HOT HOLDING UNITS IN KITCHEN, CLEAN PREP TABLES, CLEAN INSIDE OF REFRIGERATION UNITS AND FREEZER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND WATER STAINED CEILING TILE IN THE MENS WASHROOM; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED.
When was Jamaica Jerk Villa last inspected?
Jamaica Jerk Villa has 18 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 29, 2018 | Pass |
Jamaica Jerk Villa vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 March 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.