Jo Food & Grocery

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 29, 2020
• address3959 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago 60625
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Jo Food & Grocery clean?

Jo Food & Grocery is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 29, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Jo Food & Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP OF VOMITING AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE AND CLEAN-UP KIT ON PREMISES DURING INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE SAID PROCEDURE ALONG WITH REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CLEAN-UP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK EVEN IF IT IS NOT IN USE, ALSO MUST CLEAN EXPOSED AND WASHROOM HAND SINKS AND MAINTAIN THEM CLEAN
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN PLUMBING FIXTURES IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM • MUST PROVIDE TOILET ROOM RECEPTACLE WITH COVER FOR SANITARY NAPKINS IN LADY'S BATHROOM
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN PLUMBING FIXTURES IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM • MUST PROVIDE TOILET ROOM RECEPTACLE WITH COVER FOR SANITARY NAPKINS IN LADY'S BATHROOM
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CARPETING IN FOOD DISPLAY AREA AND UNDER FREEZER AND REFRIGERATORS. MUST PROVIDE MAINTAIN SMOOTH EASY CLEANABLE SURFACES • NOTED HEAVY CLUTTER THROUGHOUT ESTABLISHMENT ON SHELVES, FLOORS INSIDE UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND IN STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN, ORGANIZE AND REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY OR UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT HIDING PLACES FOR PEST. MUST UPGRADE HOUSING KEEPING • NOTED THE FOLLOWING:FLOORS THROUGHOUT PREMISE ESPECIALLY ALONG WALL BASE AND UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT WITH DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS.INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE. MUST UPGRADE HOUSEKEEPING. • OBSERVED THAT MOPS HAVE BEEN STORED ON FLOORS IN REAR AREA MUST PLACE MOPS OVER MOP SINK IN POSITION THAT CAN ALLOWS THEM AIR DRY WITH OUT SOILING WALLS AND FLOORS • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN STAINED WALLS IN WASHROOM

When was Jo Food & Grocery last inspected?

Jo Food & Grocery has 3 inspections on record going back to December 22, 2017.

Jo Food & Grocery vs Albany Park

Albany Park runs 58% clean across 828 tracked restaurants — 478 clean, 149 mid, 198 cooked.

Against the 828 spots Cooked tracks in Albany Park, 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 June 29, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.