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Little Smoque
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 5, 2023
- address125 S Clark St, Chicago 60603
Is Little Smoque clean?
Little Smoque is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on December 5, 2023. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Little Smoque?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 OBSERVED A PANINI PRESS AND A FLAT TOP GRILL WITHOUT ADEQUATE MECHANICAL VENTILATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION OR REMOVE SAID COOKING EQUIPMENT.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-304.11 OBSERVED A PANINI PRESS AND A FLAT TOP GRILL WITHOUT ADEQUATE MECHANICAL VENTILATION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION OR REMOVE SAID COOKING EQUIPMENT.
When was Little Smoque last inspected?
Little Smoque has 9 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| December 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 9, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2016 | Pass |
Little Smoque vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 December 5, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.