St. Bess Jerk

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 18, 2026 →
• address5215 W Chicago Ave, Chicago 60651

Is St. Bess Jerk clean?

St. Bess Jerk is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at St. Bess Jerk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was St. Bess Jerk last inspected?

St. Bess Jerk has 3 inspections on record going back to August 7, 2026.

St. Bess Jerk vs Austin

Austin runs 74% clean across 313 tracked restaurants — 227 clean, 61 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 313 spots Cooked tracks in Austin, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 August 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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