Jewel Food Store

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 18, 2025
• address1763 W Howard St, Chicago 60626
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jewel Food Store clean?

Jewel Food Store is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Jewel Food Store?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SHINGLES IN HOT FOODS WALK-IN FREEZER BROKEN AND COVERED IN ICE INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED DRAINPIPE LEAKING UNDER HAND WASHING SINK AT BAKERY THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR LEAKING DRAINPIPE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL CAULKING AROUND MEAT PACKING THREE COMPARTMENT SINK DAMAGED WITH MOLD. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE, CLEAN AND REPLACE.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A BURNED-OUT LIGHT-BULB IN THE BAKERY WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN LIGHTING IN THE UNIT.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A BURNED-OUT LIGHT-BULB IN THE BAKERY WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN LIGHTING IN THE UNIT.

When was Jewel Food Store last inspected?

Jewel Food Store has 32 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jewel Food Store vs Rogers Park

Rogers Park runs 33% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 60 mid, 426 cooked.

Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 68% of them.

Other spots in Rogers Park

• ✓ Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins
  clean · September 23, 2025
• ✓ Fonda Dona Chio
  cooked · January 4, 2017
• ✓ Subway
  clean · November 24, 2025
• ✓ Jewel Food Store
  clean · June 17, 2014
• ✓ La Calandria
  cooked · May 22, 2014
• ✓ Grande Noddles & Sushi Bar
  cooked · May 23, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.