Jim's Original

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 14, 2025 →
• address2775 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Jim's Original clean?

Jim's Original is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Jim's Original?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Jim's Original last inspected?

Jim's Original has 25 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jim's Original vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 77% clean across 735 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 145 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 735 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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