Cooked?
Smack Dab
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 23, 2017
- address945 W Wellington Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Smack Dab clean?
Smack Dab is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on February 23, 2017. 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 Smack Dab?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST INSTALL COVING AROUND ENTIRE INTERIOR PERIMETER OF THE PREP AREA. MUST ELEVATE CLEANING CHEMICALS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST INSTALL COVING AROUND ENTIRE INTERIOR PERIMETER OF THE PREP AREA. MUST ELEVATE CLEANING CHEMICALS AT LEAST 6 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR.
When was Smack Dab last inspected?
Smack Dab has 3 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| December 12, 2017 | — | |
| February 23, 2017 | Pass |
Smack Dab vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 February 23, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.