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Jimmy Johns
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2026
- address3041 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Jimmy Johns clean?
Jimmy Johns is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 24, 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 Jimmy Johns?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED FACILITY FOOD HANDLERS PREPARING AND HANDLING TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY(TCS) FOODS WITHOUT ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER AND CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE CITY OF CHICAGO ORIGINAL FOOD SERVICE CERTIFICATE MUST REMAIN POSTED ON SITE AND CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE DURING TCS FOOD PREP, COOKING, SERVING AND OPERATING HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE WALK-IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
When was Jimmy Johns last inspected?
Jimmy Johns has 18 inspections on record going back to March 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 24, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2016 | Pass |
Jimmy Johns vs Lake View
Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 53% of them.
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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 February 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.