Joe's Breakfast And Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2015
• address1156 1/2 W 51St St, Chicago 60609

Is Joe's Breakfast And Grill clean?

Joe's Breakfast And Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 24, 2015. 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 Joe's Breakfast And Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • OBSERVERED NO HAND SOAP AT THE REAR EXPOSED HAND SINK FOR PROPER HAND WASHING IN REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE'S ARE PREPPING SOUPS AND WASHING DISHES. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED CLEANING BEHIND THE COOLER AND FREEZER IN THE REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND SPILLS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS NEED CLEANING BEHIND THE COOLER AND FREEZER IN THE REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREA TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND SPILLS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN WALLS UNDERNEATH THE SERVICE COUNTER TO REMOVE FOOD SPLATTER AND DEBRIS. LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE REAR PREP AREA NEEDS CLEANING AND THE HOOD IN THE FRONT PREP AREA NEEDS CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST CLEAN WALLS UNDERNEATH THE SERVICE COUNTER TO REMOVE FOOD SPLATTER AND DEBRIS. LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE REAR PREP AREA NEEDS CLEANING AND THE HOOD IN THE FRONT PREP AREA NEEDS CLEANING TO REMOVE GREASE.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • MUST REMOVE UNNECESSARY CLUTTER FROM UNDERNEATH SERVICE COUNTER TO PREVENT HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NOTED EMPLOYEE IN THE REAR PREP AREA WITHOUT ANY HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE AND WEAR AT ALL TIMES IN FOOD PREP AREAS.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • NOTED EMPLOYEE IN THE REAR PREP AREA WITHOUT ANY HAIR RESTRAINT. MUST PROVIDE AND WEAR AT ALL TIMES IN FOOD PREP AREAS.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH'S FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.

When was Joe's Breakfast And Grill last inspected?

Joe's Breakfast And Grill has 9 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2010.

Joe's Breakfast And Grill vs New City

New City runs 64% clean across 490 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 76 mid, 98 cooked.

Against the 490 spots Cooked tracks in New City, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

Other spots in New City

• ✓ Joe's Grill
  clean · January 5, 2012
• ? The Little Francis Maxwell Street Polish Porkchop 51St St
  cooked · December 9, 2013
• ✓ Shimbo's
  clean · April 22, 2016
• ✓ Bellas Fuentez
  clean · March 16, 2026
• ? Elena's Restaurant Inc.
  cooked · November 4, 2014
• ? Nine Brothers Food Market Inc.
  cooked · September 8, 2010

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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 March 24, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.