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John's Place
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 30, 2025
- address2132 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618
Is John's Place clean?
John's Place is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at John's Place?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLERS,AT BASEMENT AND OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS, UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND EQUIPMENT SURFACES BEHIND COOKING LINE.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • WALLS BEHIND THE THREE REACH-IN FREEZER AND COOLER CRUMBLES TO THE TOUCH.SURFACE NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.BROKEN CEILING ABOVE THE SAID COOLERS.REPAIR ISSUE. WASTE PIPES ABOVE THE WHITE REACH-IN COOLERS MUST BE ENCASED OR RELOCATE UNITS.
When was John's Place last inspected?
John's Place has 20 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 28, 2022 | — | |
| January 8, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 8, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2015 | Pass |
John's Place vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 61% 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 May 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.