Jerk 82

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 27, 2024
• address8216 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60652

Is Jerk 82 clean?

Jerk 82 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 27, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jerk 82?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PACKAGED FOOD AND BEVERAGES STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE DRY STORAGE CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD AND BEVERAGES AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED PACKAGED FOOD AND BEVERAGES STORED DIRECTLY ON THE FLOOR OF THE DRY STORAGE CLOSET. INSTRUCTED TO RELOCATE FOOD AND BEVERAGES AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED WET IN BUCKET WITHOUT ADEQUATE SANITIZER OR AIR DRYING. INSTRUCTED TO STORE WET WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER SOLUTION OR ALLOW TO AIR DRY IN ADEQUATE LOCATION AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CHEF'S KNIFE MISSING TIP OF BLADE AND IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD UTENSILS BEYOND REPAIR AND REPLACE WITH UTENSILS IN GOOD REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL SANITIZER CONCENTRATION TEST STRIPS ON-SITE FOR SANITIZER USED (QUATERNARY AMMONIUM). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDDE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SANITIZER CONCENTRATION TEST STRIPS AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PERSON IN CHARGE LOCATED CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON-SITE. VIOLATION CORRECTED ON-SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO CHEMICAL SANITIZER CONCENTRATION TEST STRIPS ON-SITE FOR SANITIZER USED (QUATERNARY AMMONIUM). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDDE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SANITIZER CONCENTRATION TEST STRIPS AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES. PERSON IN CHARGE LOCATED CHEMICAL TEST STRIPS ON-SITE. VIOLATION CORRECTED ON-SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE TO BE SOILED WITH DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUIL DUP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED MOP HEADS IN UTILITY CLOSET DRYING IN POSITION THAT CONTAMINATES UTILITY SINK, FLOORS, AND WALLS. INSTRUCTED TO STORE MOPS IN POSITION THAT DOES NOT CONTAMINATE FACILITY WALLS AND FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER MISSING ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING FOR ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGERS AND MAINTAIN CERTIFICATES ON-SITE AT ALL TIMES.

When was Jerk 82 last inspected?

Jerk 82 has 2 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2023.

Jerk 82 vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 March 27, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.