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Chicago Smoke
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
- cuisineCatering
Is Chicago Smoke clean?
Chicago Smoke is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chicago Smoke?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Chicago Smoke last inspected?
Chicago Smoke has 39 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2021 | Pass |
Chicago Smoke vs Lower West Side
Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.
Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.