Little Jim's/Big Jim's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 1, 2019
• address3501-3505 N Halsted St, Chicago 60657

Is Little Jim's/Big Jim's clean?

Little Jim's/Big Jim's is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 1, 2019. 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 Little Jim's/Big Jim's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY/TRAINING SYSTEM AND MAINTAIN WITH VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE/PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PROCEDURE/PLAN AND TO MAINTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED -
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASHING SINK AT SOUTH BAR. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL HANDWASHING SINK AT MENTIONED AREAS WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER. MUST PROVIDE PROVIDE SOAP AND PAPER TOWEL OR HAND DRYING DEVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • CONDENSER UNIT INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IS LEAKING, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR CAUSE. • PROVIDE LID FOR THE ICE BIN BEHIND BAR AREA
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE PROVIDED AT ICE MACHINE WATER LINE,AT HOT WATER TANK INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • TOILET ROOMS NOT SELF CLOSING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT MENTIONED DOORS
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • TOILET ROOMS NOT SELF CLOSING, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT MENTIONED DOORS
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOOR TILES NOT SEALED UNDER THE MATS AT NORTH BAR AREA.UNABLE TO CLEAN.MUST SEAL. BROKEN WALL AND CEILING AT HOT WATER TANK ROOM, ICE MACHINE IS INSTALLED AT MENTIONED AREA.REPAIR WALLS AND CEILING THROUGHOUT THE STORAGE OR RELOCATE ICE MACHINE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL BROKEN AND CHIPPED CEMENT FLOOR INSIDE THE HOT WATER/ICE MACHINE,ALSO UNEVEN FLOOR AT NORTH BAR .MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE.

When was Little Jim's/Big Jim's last inspected?

Little Jim's/Big Jim's has 13 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Little Jim's/Big Jim's vs Lake View

Lake View runs 40% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 880 clean, 214 mid, 1,110 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 1, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.