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Mr. J's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 16, 2025
- address822 N State St, Chicago 60610
Is Mr. J's clean?
Mr. J's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mr. J's?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Mr. J's last inspected?
Mr. J's has 29 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 10, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 28, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2017 | Pass |
Mr. J's vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 December 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.