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Jimmy John's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 9, 2026
- address205 W Monroe St, Chicago 60606
Is Jimmy John's clean?
Jimmy John's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jimmy John's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED INTERIOR NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE IN THE REAR AREA TO BE SOILED. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF VISIBLE SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS BENEATH SHELVING IN THE WALK-IN COOLER TO BE SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS BENEATH EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS STORED ON SHELF ABOVE CLEAN LINENS AND SINGLE-SERVICE ITEMS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED AREA FOR EMPLOYEE BEVERAGES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS THAT DOES NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS STORED ON SHELF ABOVE CLEAN LINENS AND SINGLE-SERVICE ITEMS IN THE REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED AREA FOR EMPLOYEE BEVERAGES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS THAT DOES NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Jimmy John's last inspected?
Jimmy John's has 21 inspections on record going back to June 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 31, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 9, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2016 | Pass |
Jimmy John's vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 January 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.