Jewel Food Store

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 22, 2026
• address5516 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jewel Food Store clean?

Jewel Food Store is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jewel Food Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE EXTERIOR OF THE GREASE TRAP UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE DELI PREP AREA.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES ON THE PREMISES TO RESPOND TO A VOMIT OR DIARRHEAL EVENT. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CHIPPED PAINT ON THE CEILING OF THE MEAT WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO SCRAPE AND REPAINT THE CEILING.

When was Jewel Food Store last inspected?

Jewel Food Store has 39 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jewel Food Store vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 64% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 633 clean, 186 mid, 172 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 23% of them.

Other spots in Edgewater

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  cooked · July 29, 2013
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  cooked · August 22, 2013
• ? Soul Cafe
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• ? Hama Matsu
  cooked · April 3, 2012
• ✓ T's
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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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.