Joker's Cajun Smokehouse

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 9, 2024
• address2416 W Schubert Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Joker's Cajun Smokehouse clean?

Joker's Cajun Smokehouse is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 9, 2024. 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 Joker's Cajun Smokehouse?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • FOUND TCF FOOD INSIDE FREEZER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES.200 POUNDS RAW CHICKEN AT 44.4F, 10 POUNDS RAW FISH AT 45.8, 10 POUNDS SHRIMP AT 42.8F, AND 5 POUNDS SAUSAGE AT 43.5F. PRIORITY VIOLATION.CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005.DISPOSED OF 235 POUNDS OF TCS FOOD.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • FOUND WALK IN FREEZER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES.FREEZER AT 44.0F PRIORITY VIOLATION.CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005.FREEZER TAGGED.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • FOUND FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN:EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE AND SMOKER.MUST CLEAN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FOUND UNUSED REACH IN COOLER AT FRONT KITCHEN AREAS.MUST REMOVE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING.MUST PROVIDE.

When was Joker's Cajun Smokehouse last inspected?

Joker's Cajun Smokehouse has 5 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2021.

Joker's Cajun Smokehouse vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ Joker's Cajun Smokehouse
  clean · November 18, 2021
• ✓ S@Kura
  clean · June 25, 2025
• ✓ Jodidamente Delicioso
  cooked · November 30, 2021
• ✓! Buyk
  mid · December 22, 2021
• ✓! Kitchen 17
  mid · August 8, 2025
• ✓ Kitchen 17
  clean · December 29, 2021

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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 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.