Jay's Food & Liquors

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 24, 2024
• address1636 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60639
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jay's Food & Liquors clean?

Jay's Food & Liquors is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 24, 2024. 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 & Liquors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2024, 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 PROCEDURE ON THE PREMISES FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SOILED MOP HEADS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HANG MOP HEADS TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. • OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON CEILING LEADING TO THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO LIGHT LEADING TO THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NO LIGHT LEADING TO THE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE

When was Jay's Food & Liquors last inspected?

Jay's Food & Liquors has 1 inspection on record going back to May 24, 2024.

Jay's Food & Liquors vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.