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S2 Express Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
- address5058 S Halsted St, Chicago 60609
Is S2 Express Grill clean?
S2 Express Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at S2 Express Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Double door freezer interior side of door missing cover, exposed insulation. Instructed to cover insulation with a smooth surface.
When was S2 Express Grill last inspected?
S2 Express Grill has 12 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 31, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 17, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
S2 Express Grill vs Fuller Park
Fuller Park runs 61% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 89 clean, 36 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fuller Park, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.