Southshore Bbq-Jerk

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 7, 2024
• address7114 S Yates Blvd, Chicago 60649

Is Southshore Bbq-Jerk clean?

Southshore Bbq-Jerk is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 7, 2024. 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 Southshore Bbq-Jerk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 7, 2024, 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 • NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT ON PREMISES AS REQUIRED; MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • SOME FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED AS REQUIRED; MUST LABEL WITH NAME OF PRODUCT INSIDE OF CONTAINER.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS; MUST WEAR AT ALL TIMES WHILE PREPARING AND HANDLING FOOD. CORRECTED ON SITE.
  Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS NOT WEARING PROPER HAIR RESTRAINTS; MUST WEAR AT ALL TIMES WHILE PREPARING AND HANDLING FOOD. CORRECTED ON SITE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, BOTTOMS OF FRYERS, BOTTOMS AND TOPS OF PREP TABLES, STORAGE SHELVES INSIDE OF WALK-IN COOLER, INTERIORS OF REFRIGERATION UNITS, CUTTING BOARDS ON TOP OF PREP COOLER AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE HANDSINK IN THE WASHROOM LEAKING FROM THE PIPE UNDERNEATH; INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AND WALLS AROUND UNDER AND BEHIND ALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN. SOME CEILING VENTS AND INTERIORS OF LIGHT SHIELDS NEED CLEANING. SOME CEILING TILE DISCOLORED FROM SMOKE; REPLACE WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS. • SOME LIGHTS OBSERVED WITHOUT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE NEEDED.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT NEED CLEANING; INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENTS. • SOME LIGHTS OBSERVED WITHOUT SHIELDS IN PREP AREA; INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELDS WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLERS MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS MUST OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Southshore Bbq-Jerk last inspected?

Southshore Bbq-Jerk has 8 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2020.

Southshore Bbq-Jerk 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 0% of them.

Other spots in South Shore

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  cooked · August 2, 2021
• ✓! Dominos Pizza
  cooked · November 18, 2024
• ✓ Annabah Food Mart
  cooked · September 10, 2020
• ✓ Joji Gyros
  clean · December 2, 2025
• ✓ Mary Jane Cafe
  cooked · December 16, 2020
• ✓! South Shore Cellular & More Inc
  mid · December 28, 2020

See every restaurant inspection in South Shore →

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 February 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.