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Jerk Taco Man
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 15, 2017
- address4001 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago 60624
Is Jerk Taco Man clean?
Jerk Taco Man is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 15, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Jerk Taco Man?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalFacilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • FOUND THE FRONT REACH IN PREP COOLER AT AN IMPROPER INTERNAL AIR TEMP OF 50.1F SAID COOLER HOLDS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS COOKED AND RAW FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN,RIBS AND SHRIMPS. MANAGER REMOVED COOLER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED #7-38-005(A).
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalPotentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE THE FRONT REACH IN PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER INTERNAL TEMPERATURES SUCH AS: 10LBS OF COOKED CHICKEN WINGS AT 53.4F, 2LBS OF COOKED HOT LINKS AT 51.4F,20LBS COOKED RIBS AT 53.8F AND 15LBS OF RAW SHRIMPS AT 54.3F. MANAGER DISCARDED AND DENATURED A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 47LBS AT A TOTAL COST OF $350. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED #7-38-005(A).
When was Jerk Taco Man last inspected?
Jerk Taco Man has 11 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 20, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2015 | Fail | |
| April 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2015 | Fail |
Jerk Taco Man vs West Garfield Park
West Garfield Park runs 69% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 424 clean, 107 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in West Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.