Holy Smoques Bbq

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 15, 2024
• address2524 S California Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Holy Smoques Bbq clean?

Holy Smoques Bbq is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 15, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Holy Smoques Bbq?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 15, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • 2-102.13 OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION MANAGER WITHOUT ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO MEET REQUIREMENT.

When was Holy Smoques Bbq last inspected?

Holy Smoques Bbq has 4 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2024.

Holy Smoques Bbq vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 64% clean across 668 tracked restaurants — 427 clean, 92 mid, 146 cooked.

Against the 668 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 40% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ? Las Casa De Atzimba
  not rated · April 3, 2025
• ✓ Yolanda's Restaurant
  clean · January 7, 2026
• ✓ Los Tamales De La Tia
  clean · January 14, 2026
• ✓ La Cocina De Carmelita
  clean · March 31, 2026
• ✓ Yolanda's Restaurant
  clean · May 28, 2024
• ✓ Las Carnitas Uruapan
  clean · April 30, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in South Lawndale →

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 15, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.