Jay's Vender

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 24, 2020
• address5600 S Wood St, Chicago 60636
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jay's Vender clean?

Jay's Vender is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 24, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Jay's Vender?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19: RAW WOOD STORAGE SHELVES. INSTD TO SEAL RAW WOOD AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN

When was Jay's Vender last inspected?

Jay's Vender has 3 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2020.

Jay's Vender vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.