JB's Deli

5501 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

Passed · May 1, 2025 Directions
85
Good BiteKarma score 85 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 7 of 8 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected May 1, 2025: passed with 3 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 5 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed May 1

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Allergen training as required
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Apr 22

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    5 violations
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  5. Failed Apr 12

    Canvass

    7 violations
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Jun 9

    Complaint

    6 violations
    • Allergen training as required
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display

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