Joe's Imports

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ⚠️Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destructioncritical
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MUSSELS IN CONTAINER WITHOUT SHELLSTOCK TAG ATTACHED. SHELLSTOCK tags or labels shall remain attached to the container in which the SHELLSTOCK are received until the container is empty. MUSSELS HAVE BEEN DISCARDED AND DENATURED. WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 10 LBS AT A COST OF $30.00. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 14Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A PERSON WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 2Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON SITE FOR VACUUM SEALED CHICKEN. ALSO OBSERVED VACUUM SEALED PORK CHOP, MILD CHEESE, CAPICOLA, B.P. CRACKER, BED, TRIPLE BERRY, PISTACHIO, NUTS, SCALLOPS AND SAUSAGE SPICE. MUST SUBMIT A HACCP PLAN TO CDPH FOR APPROVAL. FOOD HAS BEEN TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS AT A COST OF $300.00. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON SITE FOR VACUUM SEALED CHICKEN. MUST SUBMIT VARIANCE TO CDPH FOR APPROVAL. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. SEE VIOLATION #29 FOR CITATION.
  code 32

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 5, 2020: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Near West Side

• ✓ Joe's Imports
  clean · 813 W Fulton Market · inspected January 29, 2019
• ✓! Department Of Coffee And Social Affairs
  cooked · 555 W Madison St · inspected August 13, 2018
• ✓! Epiphany Center For The Arts
  mid · 201-211 S Ashland Ave · inspected October 15, 2020
• ✓! Buona
  cooked · 804 W Washington Blvd · inspected September 3, 2019
• ✓! Buona
  mid · 804 W Washington Blvd · inspected November 15, 2018
• ✓! Crazy Bird
  cooked · 1160 W Grand Ave · inspected May 13, 2021

See every restaurant in Near West Side →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.