Hoste

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 11, 2026
• address1857 W 16Th St, Chicago 60608

Is Hoste clean?

Hoste is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hoste?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INYERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • INYERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ANY AND ALL WIPING CLOTHS WHEN NOT IN USE MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. INSIDE OVEN IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • AT BAR AREA ALL DRAIN BOARDS IN NEED OF PROPER DRAIN LINES TO OPEN DRAIN SITES. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS AND WALLS IN PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL SPLATTER AND BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS IN NEED OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS IN NEED OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN

When was Hoste last inspected?

Hoste has 3 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2025.

Hoste 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.

Other spots in Lower West Side

• ✓ Hoste
  clean · February 21, 2025
• ✓ Chido Juice
  clean · January 21, 2026
• ✓ Casa Madai
  clean · June 24, 2026
• ✓ Slice Factory Pilsen
  clean · February 4, 2026
• ✓ Cerdito Muerto
  clean · March 12, 2025
• ✓ Taco Motora
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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 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.