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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 5, 2025
- address1505 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams clean?
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 5, 2025. 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 Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • No certified food service manager on site while handling TCS foods ( scooping Ice cream ) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • Objectionable odors immitted from grease trap under 3-comp sink, Instructed to eliminate.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • No proof of food handler training certification for staff. Instructed to obtain.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • No proof of food handler training certification for staff. Instructed to obtain.
When was Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams last inspected?
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams has 10 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 12, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2015 | — |
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 August 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.