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Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 22, 2025
- address323-325 N Jefferson St, Chicago 60661
Is Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft clean?
Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT SINKS AT BAR.MUST PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • FOUND FOOD CONTAINERS NOT STORED PROPERLY.MUST STORE INVERTED.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES AT ICE MACHINE WATERLINE.MUST PROVIDE WHERE IT CAN BE LOCATED AND SERVICED.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT STAIRS LEADING TO BASEMENT.MUST PROVIDE.
When was Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft last inspected?
Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft has 17 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 29, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Jefferson Tap And Grille And The Loft vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 September 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.