Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 12, 2023
• address7 E 111Th St, Chicago 60628

Is Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart clean?

Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 12, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Hands Clean & Properly Washed • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER WITH GLOVES ON TOUCH RAW HAMBURGER MEAT AND WITH THE SAME GLOVES TAKE SHREDDED CHEESE OUT OF A NEAR BY PREP COOLER AND PUT IT ON A TACO SHELL FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. THE FOOD HANDLER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED THE TACOS SHELLS WITH THE CHEESE AND THE CONTAINER OF SHREDDED CHEESE IN THE PREP COOLER AFTER THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO WASH HANDS AND CHANGE GLOVES AFTER CHANGING TASK TO AVOID CONTAMINATION. APPROXIMATELY 8 LBS OF SHREDDED CHEESE AND TWO TACO SHELLS WERE DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-010, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE IN THE TWO TOILET ROOMS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED NO CLEANING AGENTS FOR PROPERLY WASHING DISHWARE AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED A TOOTHBRUSH AND A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE STORED ABOVE THE DRAINBOARD OF THE SPRINKLER SINK IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
  Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, & Used • OBSERVED A TOOTHBRUSH AND A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE STORED ABOVE THE DRAINBOARD OF THE SPRINKLER SINK IN THE DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED AN OPENING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR EXIT DOOR. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF SAID DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED AN ICE SCOOP, AND PLASTIC CUPS IN THE ICE MACHINE AND IN THE DRY SPICES BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FOODS THROUGHTOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED PROPERLY STORE THE ICE SCOOP AND REFRAIN FROM USING UTENSILS WITHOUT HANDLES TO TRANFER DRY SPICES AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED AN ICE SCOOP, AND PLASTIC CUPS IN THE ICE MACHINE AND IN THE DRY SPICES BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FOODS THROUGHTOUT THE FACILITY. INSTRUCTED PROPERLY STORE THE ICE SCOOP AND REFRAIN FROM USING UTENSILS WITHOUT HANDLES TO TRANFER DRY SPICES AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED BOXES OF BEVERAGES AND UTENSILS NOT ELEVATED NEAR THE REAR OFFICE AREA. INSTUCTED TO ELEVATE ALL BOXES OF BEVERRAGES AND UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVING UNITS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO RESURFACE OR REPLACE SAID SHELING UNITS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP ON THE PIPES BEHIND THE DEEP-FRYING UNITS AND INSIDE THE DEEP-FRYING UNITS. ALSO OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE SHELVING UNITS IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED SLIGHT GREASE BUILDUP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart last inspected?

Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart has 4 inspections on record going back to March 9, 2022.

Jj Fish Chicken Fire/Baba's Grill & Seafood Mart vs Roseland

Roseland runs 59% clean across 303 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 54 mid, 68 cooked.

Against the 303 spots Cooked tracks in Roseland, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 12, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.