Uncle Joes

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 18, 2017
• address8211 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is Uncle Joes clean?

Uncle Joes is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Uncle Joes?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN EXTERIOR SURFACE OF STOVE IN KITCHEN AND AROUND BURNERS ON TOP OF STOVE.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR IN BASEMENT (CDI). CLEAN FLOOR IN STORAGE CLOSET, UNDER THREE COMP SINK AND IN CORNER AREAS OF KITCHEN AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOOR IN BASEMENT (CDI). CLEAN FLOOR IN STORAGE CLOSET, UNDER THREE COMP SINK AND IN CORNER AREAS OF KITCHEN AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SOME CEILING TILE AND VENTS NOT CLEAN IN PREP AREA; CLEAN TILE AND VENTS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA. CLEAN THE VENTILATION FANS IN ALL WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED ON THE FANS. SOME CHIPPED PAINT OBSERVED ON THE WALLS OF THE STORAGE AREA; PAINT WHERE NEEDED. SOME OUTLET COVERS MISSING REPLACE WHERE NEEDED. A HOLE OBSERVED IN THE LOWER WALL IN THE FURNACE ROOM BEHIND THE LEFT FURNACE; SEAL HOLE. PROVIDE A COVER FOR THE FUSE BOX ON THE WALL BY THE WOMENS WASHROOM.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SOME CEILING TILE AND VENTS NOT CLEAN IN PREP AREA; CLEAN TILE AND VENTS WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN THE VENTS IN THE HOODED SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA. CLEAN THE VENTILATION FANS IN ALL WASHROOMS TO REMOVE DUST OBSERVED ON THE FANS. SOME CHIPPED PAINT OBSERVED ON THE WALLS OF THE STORAGE AREA; PAINT WHERE NEEDED. SOME OUTLET COVERS MISSING REPLACE WHERE NEEDED. A HOLE OBSERVED IN THE LOWER WALL IN THE FURNACE ROOM BEHIND THE LEFT FURNACE; SEAL HOLE. PROVIDE A COVER FOR THE FUSE BOX ON THE WALL BY THE WOMENS WASHROOM.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY; MUST REPAIR VENTILATION SYSTEM. FAUCET LEAKING AT THE THREE COMP SINK; REMOVE WRAPPING FROM FAUCET NECK AND REPAIR LEAK.

When was Uncle Joes last inspected?

Uncle Joes has 3 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2017.

Uncle Joes 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 39% 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 May 18, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.