Jay's Food & Liquor Inc

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 14, 2020 →
• address5226 N Nagle Ave, Chicago 60630
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jay's Food & Liquor Inc clean?

Jay's Food & Liquor Inc is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 14, 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's Food & Liquor Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Jay's Food & Liquor Inc last inspected?

Jay's Food & Liquor Inc has 4 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2011.

Jay's Food & Liquor Inc vs Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park runs 76% clean across 153 tracked restaurants — 116 clean, 29 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 153 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.

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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 May 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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