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Tropic Island Jerk Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 28, 2020
- address553 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619
Is Tropic Island Jerk Chicken clean?
Tropic Island Jerk Chicken is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 28, 2020. 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 Tropic Island Jerk Chicken?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Tropic Island Jerk Chicken last inspected?
Tropic Island Jerk Chicken has 32 inspections on record going back to February 18, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| October 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 2, 2019 | — | |
| November 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 1, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 25, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2018 | — | |
| March 9, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2016 | Fail |
Tropic Island Jerk Chicken vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, 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 October 28, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.