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Jin Ju
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 25, 2025
- address5203 N Clark St, Chicago 60640
Is Jin Ju clean?
Jin Ju is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jin Ju?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE FOR UNISEX CUSTOMER RESTROOMS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST REPAIR TORN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE OF TWO DOOR PREP COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A WASTECAN WITH A LID FOR EMPLOYEE UNISEX RESTROOM.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A WASTECAN WITH A LID FOR EMPLOYEE UNISEX RESTROOM.
When was Jin Ju last inspected?
Jin Ju has 28 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 19, 2025 | — | |
| December 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2023 | — | |
| August 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 26, 2022 | — | |
| June 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2020 | — | |
| March 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Jin Ju vs Edgewater
Edgewater runs 39% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 382 clean, 97 mid, 512 cooked.
Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 August 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.