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Social Junkie
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2026
- address3848 N Harlem Ave, Chicago 60634
Is Social Junkie clean?
Social Junkie is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Social Junkie?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED MINOR GREASE SPILLS INSIDE OF COOKING FRYERS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED MINOR DUST ACCUMILATION ON VENTILATION HOOD. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED MINOR DUST ACCUMILATION ON VENTILATION HOOD. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Social Junkie last inspected?
Social Junkie has 13 inspections on record going back to October 10, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 13, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 2, 2021 | Fail | |
| April 12, 2021 | — | |
| March 18, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 17, 2017 | Pass |
Social Junkie vs Dunning
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 March 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.