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The Jerk Spot
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 18, 2021
- address1212 W 111Th St, Chicago 60643
Is The Jerk Spot clean?
The Jerk Spot is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 18, 2021. 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 The Jerk Spot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT ANY ILLNESS TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING AVAILABLE. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was The Jerk Spot last inspected?
The Jerk Spot has 8 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| May 16, 2023 | — | |
| August 10, 2022 | — | |
| November 18, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 10, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 21, 2021 | — | |
| December 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 18, 2020 | — |
The Jerk Spot vs Morgan Park
Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.
Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 November 18, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.