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Magic Jug
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026
- address6354 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60634
Is Magic Jug clean?
Magic Jug is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Magic Jug?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 2/3/2025, REPORT #2611578. #58-OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 2/3/2025, REPORT #2611578. #58-OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
When was Magic Jug last inspected?
Magic Jug has 22 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 22, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2016 | Pass |
Magic Jug vs Portage Park
Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.
Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.