Jamaican Jerk King Inc.

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 21, 2020
• address206 E 35Th St, Chicago 60616

Is Jamaican Jerk King Inc. clean?

Jamaican Jerk King Inc. is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jamaican Jerk King Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT A VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP PROCEDURE MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES ON HAND IN THE EVENT OF A VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL INCIDENT ON PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL READY TO EAT TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS MUST BE DATE MARKED WITH THE DATE THE FOOD WILL BE CONSUMED, DISCARDED OR SOLD; MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • EMPLOYEE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHEN IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • EMPLOYEE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS WHEN IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CUTTING BOARDS WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES AND STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO SAND OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS. MUST MAINTAIN A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • THE FLOORS AND WALLS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA WITH FOOD AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS AND WALLS. • OBSERVED SOME WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE WASHROOM; REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ALL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Jamaican Jerk King Inc. last inspected?

Jamaican Jerk King Inc. has 7 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2016.

Jamaican Jerk King Inc. vs Douglas

Douglas runs 69% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 24 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in Douglas

• ✓! New York Food Mart
  mid · November 16, 2018
• ✓! Domino's
  mid · November 30, 2017
• ✓ Salerno's Nautical Playpen, Inc.
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  clean · October 21, 2016
• ✓ Kentucky Fried Chicken
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• ✓ Jimmy John's
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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 May 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.