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 • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN REQUIRED PROCEDURE/PLAN AND APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES OR KIT. (NECESSARY ITEMS AT A MINIMUM: GLOVES, FACE MASKS, DISPOSABLE MOPS AND APPROPRIATE SANITIZER/SPRAY THAT KILLS NOROVIRUS) PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005,NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE WASHROOM.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE INSIDE THE WASHROOM.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN CUSTOMER AREA AND TO MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND RE-ORGANIZE REAR STORAGE AREA AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES DUE TO POTENTIAL PEST HARBORAGE AND REMOVE BOXES OF LIQUOR BLOCKING 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, WASHROOM DOOR AND REAR EXIT DOOR MAINTAIN CLEAR.

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 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.