Just Jerk Cafe

119 E 79th St, Chicago, IL 60619

Perfect re-check · May 28, 2025 Directions
69
Poor BiteKarma score 69 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

  • Last inspected May 28, 2025: perfect, no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 16, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean, cited 9 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 5 of 11 graded inspections since 2020.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Perfect May 28

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    No violations

  3. Failed May 16

    Canvass

    7 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Previous core violation corrected
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Apr 5

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    6 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Allergen training as required
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  6. Failed Apr 3

    Canvass

    9 violations
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Allergen training as required
    • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean

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BiteKarma scores around Just Jerk Cafe, 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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