Jurassic Grill is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 30, 2016. 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 Jurassic Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON THE PREP COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED BROKEN DOOR GASKET ON THE PREP COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD AND NON FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN; FRYER, GRILL, AND OVEN. ALSO, THE INTERIOR OF THE 2-DOOR COOLER ON THE NORTH WALL IS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, INCLUDING FLOOR CORNERS AND MAINTAIN.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS NOT CLEAN THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL, INCLUDING FLOOR CORNERS AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING VENTS IN DINING AREA WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION. ALSO, KITCHEN HOOD AND FILTERS ARE NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING VENTS IN DINING AREA WITH EXCESSIVE DUST ACCUMULATION. ALSO, KITCHEN HOOD AND FILTERS ARE NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN ALL AND MAINTAIN.
🧻grimy wiping cloths
Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED CLUTTER UNDER MOP SINK. INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE, REMOVE ITEMS 6" OFF FLOORS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Jurassic Grill last inspected?
Jurassic Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2016.
date
result
score
May 2, 2017
closed by the city
August 30, 2016
Pass
Jurassic Grill vs West Ridge
West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.
Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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 August 30, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.