Sofive

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2025
• address3900 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60609

Is Sofive clean?

Sofive is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sofive?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED ICE MACHINE EQUIPMENT A LITTLE DIRTY. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THERMOMETERS IN COOLING UNITS TO MAINTAIN TEMPERATURES WHEN TCS FOODS ARE PLACED INSIDE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED UPRIGHT COOLING UNITS LOCATED IN PREP AREA NEAR ICE MACHINE WITH RUSTED ITNERIOR SHELVING AND SURFACES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACES AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SPEED RACKS WHERE DRINK CUPS ARE STORED IN WALK IN COOLER, BEER DRAINS AND EMPTY BIN LOCATED IN FRONT PREP WITH ACCUMULATED DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND STICKY SURFACES. INTSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WALL BASE DETACHED FROM WALL THROUGHOUT PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REATTACH TO PREVENT PEST HARBORING SPACES.

When was Sofive last inspected?

Sofive has 4 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2023.

Sofive vs Mckinley Park

Mckinley Park runs 68% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 39 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Mckinley Park, this one comes out cleaner than 34% of them.

Other spots in Mckinley Park

• ✓ Sofive
  clean · June 1, 2023
• ✓ Recipe For Change
  clean · April 30, 2025
• ✓ Tio's Tamales
  clean · March 25, 2026
• ✓! Consume
  mid · June 11, 2024
• ✓ Community Creamery (Push Cart)
  clean · April 27, 2026
• ✓ Iron Cafe
  clean · May 29, 2024

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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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.