Jaymay Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026 →
• address2500 W 51St St, Chicago 60632

Is Jaymay Restaurant clean?

Jaymay Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. 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 Jaymay Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Jaymay Restaurant last inspected?

Jaymay Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to June 18, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jaymay Restaurant vs Gage Park

Gage Park runs 81% clean across 207 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 32 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 207 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

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• ✓ La Fuente Restaurante #2
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• ✓ Big Al's Tastee Freez
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• ✓ Clara's Convenience Store
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• ✓! El Conde S.A.
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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