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Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 14, 2025
- address2200 E 79Th St, Chicago 60649
Is Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe clean?
Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE GRILL AND FRYER AND BOTTOM AREA OF THE FRYER.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE GREASE RECEPTOR IN NEED OF CLEANING/PAINTING. TOP OF RECEPTOR HAS RUST STAINS AND SIDE EXTERIOR SURFACES PEELING PAINT.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOORS AND WALLS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. • OBSERVED MISSING WALL TILE IN BOTH WASHROOMS; INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE TILE WHERE NEEDED.
When was Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe last inspected?
Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe has 12 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 30, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 9, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 2, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 31, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 29, 2015 | Fail |
Jr's Jamaican Tropical Cafe vs South Shore
South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 March 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.