Jamaican Gates

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 23, 2026
• address10226 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is Jamaican Gates clean?

Jamaican Gates is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Jamaican Gates?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL ITEMS SIX INCHES OFF FLOOR.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER IN PREP AREA AND NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT WHEN IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • FEMALE FOOD HANDLER IN PREP AREA AND NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT WHEN IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARDS WITH DARK GROOVES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE TO MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILDUP ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, SHELVING UNITS, COOLERS, FREEZERS, HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND THE COOKING/COOLING EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE RACKS WITH FOOD, DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • VENTILATION HOOD WITH THICK BUILD UP OF GREASE, DIRT AND DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENTILATION HOOD.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • VENTILATION HOOD WITH THICK BUILD UP OF GREASE, DIRT AND DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN VENTILATION HOOD.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • CFM WITH AN EXPIRED ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A VALID ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.

When was Jamaican Gates last inspected?

Jamaican Gates has 33 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jamaican Gates vs Washington Heights

Washington Heights runs 63% clean across 234 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 41 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 234 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.

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• ✓ May Mei Kitchen
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• ✓ 93Rd Street Food Market
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• ✓ Ray-J
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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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.