Smoke Daddy

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 18, 2025
• address1804-1806 W Division St, Chicago 60622

Is Smoke Daddy clean?

Smoke Daddy is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Smoke Daddy?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • Both kitchen and bar low-temp dish machines are not sanitizing at the final rinse, 0ppm obtained at the final rinse. Instructed to provide proper sanitizer concentration. Priority violation 7-38-025.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • No variance available on site for using curing agents ( sodium nitrite ) instructed manager to discontinue using curing agents until obtaining appropriate variance from the office of CDPH. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Keeping spoons in standing water at room temperature, Instructed to keep according to health code, ie.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Keeping spoons in standing water at room temperature, Instructed to keep according to health code, ie.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Missing grout between floor tiles at main kitchen. Instructed to grout and maintain.

When was Smoke Daddy last inspected?

Smoke Daddy has 13 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Smoke Daddy vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.

Other spots in West Town

• ✓ Smoke Daddy
  clean · March 19, 2013
• ✓ Smoke Daddy
  clean · March 19, 2013
• ✓ Cafe Creme
  clean · July 17, 2014
• ✓ Grass Fed
  clean · April 10, 2012
• ✓ China Court Restaurant
  clean · July 28, 2016
• ✓ Mj's Cafe
  clean · March 29, 2012

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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 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.