Joe's Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 3, 2026
• address1159 W 51St St, Chicago 60609

Is Joe's Grill clean?

Joe's Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Joe's Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hands washing sign in women's restroom. Instructed to post.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • Fly trap mounted on food shelves, instructed to keep away from food storage.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Spoon for rice stored in standing water, instructed to keep according to Food code, ie.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Spoon for rice stored in standing water, instructed to keep according to Food code, ie.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Employees clothing placed on top of food containers/ shelves. Live Pottery plants placed in prep kitchen, instructed to remove form food production area.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • Employees clothing placed on top of food containers/ shelves. Live Pottery plants placed in prep kitchen, instructed to remove form food production area.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • No allergen training certificate for food service manager, instructed to obtain.

When was Joe's Grill last inspected?

Joe's Grill has 7 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2023.

Joe's 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 36% 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 April 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.