J & J Fish & Chicken

5500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651

Passed · Oct 15, 2025 Directions
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Good BiteKarma score 82 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 5 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Oct 15, 2025: passed with 6 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 3 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Oct 15

    Canvass

    6 violations
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • No bare hand contact with RTE food or a pre-approved alternative procedure properly allowed
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
  3. 2021
  4. Perfect Dec 30

    Complaint Re-Inspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Dec 23

    Short Form Complaint

    2 violations
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Previous core violation corrected
  6. Passed Sep 1

    Complaint

    4 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around J & J Fish & Chicken, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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  4. 79 Spill The Beans 0.3 mi
  5. 87 The Original Royal Chicken 0.3 mi