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Howard Street Soul
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2025
- address2043 W Howard St, Chicago 60645
Is Howard Street Soul clean?
Howard Street Soul is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Howard Street Soul?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON PREP AREA SHELVES AND FOOD BUILD UP INSIDE PREP AREA SINKS. MUST CLEAN PREP AREA SHELVES AND SINKS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND LITTER ON PREP AREA FLOOR. MUST CLEAN PREP AREA FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Howard Street Soul last inspected?
Howard Street Soul has 8 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2025 | — | |
| October 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2024 | — | |
| July 7, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2022 | Fail |
Howard Street Soul vs Rogers Park
Rogers Park runs 62% clean across 731 tracked restaurants — 451 clean, 128 mid, 148 cooked.
Against the 731 spots Cooked tracks in Rogers Park, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 July 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.