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Jimmy John's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 10, 2025
- address461 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60654
Is Jimmy John's clean?
Jimmy John's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 10, 2025. 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 April 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED RUST ON FRONT RIGHT OUTER EDGE OF UPPER FRONT STAINLESS STEEL PANEL OF FRONT WALL OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST FROM INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF ICE.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12: OBSERVED FOOD AND BUILDUP ON FLOORS AND IN CORNERS OF WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND CORNERS OF WALK IN COOLER. OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP ON FLOOR OF WALK IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE BUILDUP FROM FLOOR OF WALK IN FREEZER. • 6-501.11: OBSERVED MISSING WALL PANEL ABOVE WALK IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE MISSING WALL PANEL ABOVE WALK IN COOLER.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROVIDED FOR ANY FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING PROVIDED FOR ANY FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • 2-102.13: NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING PROVIDED FOR CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN AWARENESS TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATES
When was Jimmy John's last inspected?
Jimmy John's has 11 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 3, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 12, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2018 | — |
Jimmy John's vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 April 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.