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Smaktak
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 19, 2022
- address5961 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60646
Is Smaktak clean?
Smaktak is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on August 19, 2022. 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 Smaktak?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO SINK STOPPERS FOR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN. CLEAN ALL FLOORS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN.
When was Smaktak last inspected?
Smaktak has 22 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| March 13, 2024 | — | |
| October 24, 2023 | — | |
| June 7, 2023 | — | |
| August 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2019 | — | |
| December 19, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2017 | Pass |
Smaktak vs Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, 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 August 19, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.