Joe's Breakfast & Lunch

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 15, 2017
• address2325 W Taylor St, Chicago 60612

Is Joe's Breakfast & Lunch clean?

Joe's Breakfast & Lunch is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 15, 2017. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Joe's Breakfast & Lunch?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 15, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE ALL FOOD AND GREASE BUILD UP. MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CLEAN. MUST CLEAN ALL REACH IN COOLERS THAT ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. CLEAN OR REMOVE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT. CLEAN UNDER ALL PREP TABLES AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT. CLEAN UNDER ALL PREP TABLES AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN REAR PREP AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • WALLS IN REAR PREP AREA AND FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPLATTER. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTS IN FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF PROPER LIGHT SHEILDS. LIGHT SHEILDS IN REAR PREP AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • LEAKS AT HANDSINKS IN RER AND FRONT PREP AREA IN NEED OF REPAIR. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ANY UNUSED UNNECESSARY EQUIPMENT MUST BE REMOVED OR REPAIRED. REACH IN COOLERS, ICE MACHINE, PREP COOLERS.... CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Joe's Breakfast & Lunch last inspected?

Joe's Breakfast & Lunch has 16 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Joe's Breakfast & Lunch vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 15, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.