Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 20, 2026
• address4739-4743 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's clean?

Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED METERED FAUCETS IN THE MENS CUSTOMER RESTROOM IMMEDIATELY SHUTTING OFF ONCE ACTIVATED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 15 SECONDS OF RUNNING WATER TO ALLOW FOR PROPER HANDWASHING.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED A SMALL AMOUNT OF PINK RESIDUE IN BOTH CORNERS OF THE ICE MACHINE ON THE INSIDE PANEL. INSTRUCTED TO SCHEDULE A CLEANING AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED THERMOMETER ON THE OUTSIDE OF BARISTA COOLER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THERMOMETER TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE OF COOLER. • OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER ON THE INSIDE OF BARISTA COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS AT THE BOTTOM OF TWO DOOR DESSERT COOLER IN THE BAKERY SECTION. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED AN ACCUMULATION OF SOIL RESIDUES FROM FOOD ON THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL SHELVING AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR DRAIN LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY BETWEEN WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER AND WALLS WITH RED AND ORANGE FOOD SPLATTER BETWEEN SODA STATION AND ICE MACHINE IN THE WAIT STATION AREA AND IN THE HOT FOODS PREP AREA NEXT TO HANDWASHING SINK.

When was Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's last inspected?

Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's has 26 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 41% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Jerry's Sandwiches & Geraldine's
  clean · February 2, 2016
• ✓ Kamayan Express
  clean · August 12, 2015
• ✓! Phos Spicier Thai
  mid · September 11, 2023
• ✓! The Rim Seafood
  mid · April 28, 2016
• ✓ Baker Miller
  clean · July 10, 2017
• ✓ Hilltop
  clean · March 12, 2019

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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 April 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.