Uncle Joes Jerk Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 4, 2022
• address205 W 87Th St, Chicago 60620

Is Uncle Joes Jerk Chicken clean?

Uncle Joes Jerk Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 4, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Uncle Joes Jerk Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 4, 2022, 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 • PERSON IN CHARGE WITH VALID 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 • NO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOOD (CHICKEN, RICE) BEING HANDLED. INSTD TO HAVE CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES . PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • NO HANDWASH CLEANSER AT HANDWASH SINK IN TOILET ROOM. INSTD TO PROVIDE HANDWASH CLEANSER AT ALL TIMES. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C) PRIORITY FOUNDATION • NO HAND DRYING PROVISIONS AT HANDWASH SINKS IN PREP AREAS OR HANDWASH SINK IN TOILET ROOM. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES. SEE ABOVE FOR CITATION ISSUED PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C)
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOOD STORAGE (BOXES OF CHICKEN) ON FLOOR. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • FOOD STORAGE (BOXES OF CHICKEN) ON FLOOR. INSTD TO ELEVATE 6 INCHES AND MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • ALL CUTTING BOARDS ON SITE WORN BEYOND REPAIR, WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN • PLASTIC LINING ON STORAGE SHELVES. INSTD TO REMOVE PLASTIC LINING AND MAINTAIN SO AS SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH, EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE • OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP IN WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DEFROST AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE BUILDUP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • ALL HANDWASH SINKS AND UTILITY SINK NOT CLEAN, DEBRIS ACCUMULATION. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP AND DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Uncle Joes Jerk Chicken last inspected?

Uncle Joes Jerk Chicken has 11 inspections on record going back to October 10, 2019.

Uncle Joes 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 19% 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 January 4, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.