Joy District

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 3, 2026
• address112-114 W Hubbard St, Chicago 60654

Is Joy District clean?

Joy District is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 3, 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 Joy District?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDWASHING SINKS IN THE 1ST FLOOR KITCHEN AND 2ND FLOOR BAR AREAS MISSING SIGNAGE NOTIFYING FOOD EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF ENCRUSTED GREASE DEPOSITS ON FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF OVENS IN THE BASEMENT KITCHEN AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FOOD- AND NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF ENCRUSTED GREASE DEPOSITS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED SOILED PLASTIC BAG USED AS DRAIN COVER/SPLASH GUARD AT THE 2ND FLOOR REAR BAR AREA FLOOR-MOUNTED DRAIN. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC BAG AND REPLACE WITH PLUMBING FIXTURE THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY-CLEANABLE AND MAINTAIN ALL PLUMBING FIXTURES AS SMOOTH AND EASILY-CLEANABLE. • OBSERVED NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE PROVIDED AT THE 2ND FLOOR REAR BAR AREA FLOOR-MOUNTED UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE AND MAINTAIN.

When was Joy District last inspected?

Joy District has 31 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Joy District vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 47% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Epic
  clean · July 16, 2013
• ✓ Sherry's Food Mart
  clean · April 8, 2020
• ✓! Two Italians Deli & Pizzeria
  cooked · May 29, 2015
• ✓! Doc B's Fresh Kitchen
  mid · March 19, 2026
• ✓ Doc B's Fresh Kitchen
  clean · September 5, 2013
• ✓ Montgomery Club
  cooked · June 11, 2018

See every restaurant inspection in Near North Side →

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 March 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.