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Jerk
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025
- address811 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642
Is Jerk clean?
Jerk is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jerk?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Jerk last inspected?
Jerk has 16 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 16, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 30, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 28, 2017 | Pass |
Jerk 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 55% 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 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.