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Taqueria Jamay
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 14, 2013
- address2500 W 51St St, Chicago 60632
Is Taqueria Jamay clean?
Taqueria Jamay is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 14, 2013. 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 Taqueria Jamay?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 14, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENTFood And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST REMOVE RUST FROM GREASE TRAP IN BASEMENT
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REMOVE CHIP PAINT ON WALL NEAR PREP TABLE IN REAR PREP AREA AND REMOVE CHIP PAINT ON SHELF WHERE MICROWAVE IS STORED AT FRONT PREP AREA ALSO SOME WOODEN SHELVES IN BASEMENT HAS CHIP PAINT MUST USE NON TOXIX PAINT TO REPAIRWalls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • MUST REMOVE CHIP PAINT ON WALL NEAR PREP TABLE IN REAR PREP AREA AND REMOVE CHIP PAINT ON SHELF WHERE MICROWAVE IS STORED AT FRONT PREP AREA ALSO SOME WOODEN SHELVES IN BASEMENT HAS CHIP PAINT MUST USE NON TOXIX PAINT TO REPAIR
- ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER IN BASEMENTRefrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • MUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER IN BASEMENT
When was Taqueria Jamay last inspected?
Taqueria Jamay has 8 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2013 | closed by the city | |
| February 14, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2013 | Fail | |
| April 26, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2011 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2010 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2010 | Fail |
Taqueria Jamay vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 43% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 166 clean, 32 mid, 192 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, 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 February 14, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.