Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2020
• address3600 W Diversey Ave, Chicago 60647
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco clean?

Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 3, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • NO THERMOMETER WAS PROVIDED IN THE REFRIGERATOR WHERE MILK WAS BEING STORED. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE OF EACH REFRIGERATOR WHERE TCS FOODS ARE BEING STORED.

When was Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco last inspected?

Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco has 2 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2020.

Jay Grocery Food & Tobacco vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 January 3, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.