John's Drive In

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 9, 2026 →
• address5900 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636

Is John's Drive In clean?

John's Drive In is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at John's Drive In?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  No Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was John's Drive In last inspected?

John's Drive In has 32 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

John's Drive In vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 81% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 116 clean, 23 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

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• ? Subway
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• ? The Talk Of The Town
  cooked · August 1, 2012
• ✓! J & J Fish
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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