Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2021
• address10210 S Vincennes Ave, Chicago 60643

Is Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish clean?

Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 19, 2021. 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 Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE WITH CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DESIGNATE PERSON IN CHARGE DURING ALL HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHEN TCS FOOD(CHICKEN 181.4F, OXTAILS 135.4F) PREPARED AND SERVED. A CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TCS FOOD PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DUST BUILDUP ON BASES OF COOLERS, DEBRIS ON SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOORS ALONG WALLS AND CORNERS IN PREP, DISH WASHING, STORAGE AND WASHROOM AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE STAINS AND PEELING PAINT ON SHELVES UNDER FRONT COUNTER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish last inspected?

Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish has 25 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Uncle Joe's Jerk Chicken & Fish vs Washington Heights

Washington Heights runs 32% clean across 234 tracked restaurants — 75 clean, 16 mid, 143 cooked.

Against the 234 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Washington Heights

• ✓! Heritage Plaza
  mid · March 26, 2019
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  cooked · June 13, 2012
• ✓ Mcdonald's
  clean · April 17, 2015
• ✓ Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken
  cooked · January 18, 2018
• ? Hook Fish & Chicken
  cooked · October 3, 2012
• ✓! Joy Fish, Inc.
  cooked · July 10, 2020

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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 19, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.