Smile Korean Chicken Chicago

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 9, 2025
• address2411 W North Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Smile Korean Chicken Chicago clean?

Smile Korean Chicken Chicago is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Smile Korean Chicken Chicago?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION MANAGER ON PREMISES WHILE HANDLING TCS FOODS.HANDLES PORK,CHICKEN,ETC.PRIORITY FOUNDATION.CITATION ISSUED.7-38-012.MUST PROVIDE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND NO BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES AT ICE MACHINE WATERLINE.MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • FOUND SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING.MUST PROVIDE.

When was Smile Korean Chicken Chicago last inspected?

Smile Korean Chicken Chicago has 2 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2023.

Smile Korean Chicken Chicago vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 April 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.