Jess Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2018
• address5819 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60634

Is Jess Cafe clean?

Jess Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 24, 2018. 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 Jess Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14 (A) FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 (a) NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • 3-501.17 INSTRUCTED TO LABEL AND DATE TCS (TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR FOOD SAFETY) FOODS STORED INSIDE COOLERS (STORED OVER 24 HOURS) AND FREEZERS.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-602.11 (D) INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL BULK CONTAINER IN REAR PREP/COOKING AREA.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114 INSTRUCTED TO REORGANIZE, INSIDE OF WALK-IN FREEZER AND IN REAR PREP AREA. FOOD AND NON FOOD ITEMS MUST BE STORED 6" OFF THE FLOOR FOR EASY ACCESS ON CLEANING. NO MILK CRATES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA-100-0367 FOUND NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367 ON SITE. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSON WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Jess Cafe last inspected?

Jess Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to September 4, 2018.

Jess Cafe vs Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin runs 60% clean across 787 tracked restaurants — 470 clean, 175 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 787 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont Cragin, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in Belmont Cragin

• ✓! Frida's Pizza
  mid · October 1, 2018
• ✓ Jess Cafe
  clean · July 15, 2026
• ✓! Dollar Island
  mid · March 25, 2019
• ✓! Paleteria La Ceiba
  mid · February 1, 2019
• ✓! Domino's
  mid · December 31, 2018
• ✓! La Michoacana
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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 24, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.