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Roy's Soul Food
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address403 E 71St St, Chicago 60619
Is Roy's Soul Food clean?
Roy's Soul Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Roy's Soul Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT ACTIVITY ON THE PREMISES. NOTED APPROX. 15 RODENT DROPPINGS UNDER KITCHEN FRYER AND APPROX. 10 DROPPINGS UNDER DISH STORAGE RACK IN KITCHEN. PERSON IN CHARGE VOLUNTARILY REMOVED AND CLEANED AFFECTED AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-020(A). CITATION ISSUED. "
When was Roy's Soul Food last inspected?
Roy's Soul Food has 29 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 2, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2018 | Fail |
Roy's Soul Food vs Greater Grand Crossing
Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.