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Jamaican Jerk King
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
- address206 E 35Th St, Chicago 60616
Is Jamaican Jerk King clean?
Jamaican Jerk King is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. 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?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food manager on dutycriticalPerson In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED A CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-012, CITATION ISSUED
When was Jamaican Jerk King last inspected?
Jamaican Jerk King has 11 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2020 | — |
Jamaican Jerk King 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.
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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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.