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Jimmy John's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 6, 2026
- address1250 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60605
Is Jimmy John's clean?
Jimmy John's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 6, 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 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED HANDSINK LOCATED ADJACENT TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WITH LEANING FAUCET NECK CAUSING WATER TO SPRAY ONTO FLOOR AND BACK WALL. ALSO OBSERVED INADEQUATE SEAL AT THE WALL. INSTRUCTED TO RESEAL AND REPAIR FAUCET NECK.
When was Jimmy John's last inspected?
Jimmy John's has 19 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 21, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 3, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 31, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Jimmy John's vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.