Half Sour

health inspection result · Loop · Chicago
😇clean
  • resultPass
  • critical violations0
  • last inspectedApril 28, 2026 →
  • address755 S Clark St, Chicago 60605
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Is Half Sour clean?

Half Sour is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Half Sour?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • 🚿plumbing acting up
    Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  • 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
    Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  • 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
    Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Half Sour last inspected?

Half Sour has 26 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

April 28, 2026 Pass Canvass · 3 failed findings

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October 15, 2025 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass · 6 failed findings

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July 15, 2024 Fail Canvass · 10 failed findings

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August 8, 2023 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection · 7 failed findings

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August 1, 2023 Fail Canvass · 14 failed findings

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July 6, 2022 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection · 2 failed findings

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June 27, 2022 Fail Canvass · 7 failed findings

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January 25, 2021 Pass Complaint · 9 failed findings

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December 17, 2019 Pass Canvass Re-Inspection · 0 failed findings

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December 10, 2019 Fail Canvass · 3 failed findings

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August 28, 2018 Pass w/ Conditions Canvass Re-Inspection · 7 failed findings

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August 24, 2018 Fail Canvass Re-Inspection · 11 failed findings

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Half Sour vs Loop

Loop runs 81% clean across 1,996 tracked restaurants — 1,595 clean, 329 mid, 43 cooked.

Against the 1,996 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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