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Joe's Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 16, 2015
- address8211 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
Is Joe's Chicken clean?
Joe's Chicken is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 16, 2015. 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 Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 16, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED WORN CUTTING BOARDS, INSTRUCTED REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED WORN CUTTING BOARDS, INSTRUCTED REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • REPLACE MISSING LIGHTS THROUGHOUT, PROVIDE LIGHTING IN REACH IN COOLERS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Joe's Chicken last inspected?
Joe's Chicken has 10 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 12, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| November 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 30, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2014 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2013 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2013 | Fail |
Joe's Chicken vs Chatham
Chatham runs 33% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 146 clean, 43 mid, 252 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, 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 November 16, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.