JJ Fish

47 W 79th St, Chicago, IL 60620

Passed · Jul 24, 2025 Directions
83
Good BiteKarma score 83 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 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Jul 24, 2025: passed with 5 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 8 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jul 24

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Food properly labeled; original container
  3. 2023
  4. Passed Aug 23

    Complaint

    6 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
  5. 2022
  6. Passed Nov 25

    Complaint

    11 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
  7. 2021
  8. Passed Mar 16

    Complaint

    6 violations
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used

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