Jerk

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 21, 2026 →
• address811 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60642

Is Jerk clean?

Jerk is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 21, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Jerk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Jerk last inspected?

Jerk has 17 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Jerk vs West Town

West Town runs 78% clean across 1,261 tracked restaurants — 971 clean, 250 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,261 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in West Town

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  clean · March 11, 2014
• ✓ Regal Cinemas Webster Place
  clean · September 4, 2014
• ✓ Noble Mini Mart
  cooked · April 4, 2014
• ✓ Flip's
  cooked · September 8, 2017
• ✓! Bru Coffee House
  mid · August 26, 2025
• ✓ Ta Toco
  cooked · April 8, 2014

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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