Jolly Inn Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 28, 2026 →
• address6501 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634

Is Jolly Inn Restaurant clean?

Jolly Inn Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 28, 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 Jolly Inn Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Jolly Inn Restaurant last inspected?

Jolly Inn Restaurant has 24 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jolly Inn Restaurant vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 76% clean across 369 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 73 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 369 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% of them.

Other spots in Portage Park

• ✓ Irving Park Lanes
  cooked · August 18, 2010
• ✓ Jeff's Red Hots
  clean · April 21, 2026
• ? Chris's Billiards
  cooked · July 17, 2020
• ? Bub's Gyros
  cooked · December 3, 2010
• ✕ 7-Eleven
  cooked · May 21, 2010
• ✓ Citgo
  cooked · June 8, 2011

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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 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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