Sociale

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 11, 2024
• address800 S Clark St, Chicago 60605

Is Sociale clean?

Sociale is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on July 11, 2024. 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 Sociale?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 11, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ANYONE IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
  Personal Cleanliness • FOOD HANDLERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AND NOT WEARING A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ANYONE IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAINT. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • WIPING CLOTHS ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION (MUST BE AT THE REQUIRED PPM) WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MULTI-USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE THE ICE SCOOP IN THE BAR AREA IN A CLEAN BIN/CONTAINER OR HANDLES UP IN THE ICE AND THE KNIVES/SPATULAS IN THE CAFE PRESS PREP AREA IN A KNIFE RACK OR CLEAN BIN/CONTAINER. MAINTAIN SAME.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • MULTI-USE UTENSILS NOT PROPERLY STORED WHEN NOT IN USE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE THE ICE SCOOP IN THE BAR AREA IN A CLEAN BIN/CONTAINER OR HANDLES UP IN THE ICE AND THE KNIVES/SPATULAS IN THE CAFE PRESS PREP AREA IN A KNIFE RACK OR CLEAN BIN/CONTAINER. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • HE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS WITH FOOD/GREASE AND DIRT BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FRYERS. • INTERIOR OF THE CABINETS UNDER THE SINKS AND IN THE PREP AREAS WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN CABINETS THROUGHOUT.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • THE INTERIOR OF THE FLOOR DRAIN IN FRONT OF THE FRONT COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND DEBRIS. FLOORS IN THE CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH FOOD, DIRT AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. -WALLS AND CEILING TILES WITH DIRT, DUST AND FOOD. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN WALLS AND CEILING TILES IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP/DISH WASHING AREAS.

When was Sociale last inspected?

Sociale has 18 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sociale vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Loop

• ✓ Sociale
  clean · September 14, 2015
• ✓ Snap Kitchen
  clean · June 2, 2015
• ✓! Ghirardelli
  mid · August 22, 2024
• ? Old Timers Rest & Lounge
  cooked · August 24, 2010
• ✓ Subway
  clean · March 3, 2026
• ✓ Eurest Dining Services
  cooked · May 26, 2015

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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 July 11, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.