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Solette
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 2, 2025
- address225 W Randolph St, Chicago 60606
Is Solette clean?
Solette is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 2, 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 Solette?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcriticalManagement, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • OBSERVED NO VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. LEFT TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN COPIES OF VERIFIABLE HEALTH POLICY SIGNED BY ALL EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧪toxic chemicals mishandledCompliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • OBSERVED SUSHI ON MENU PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY SUSHI LETTER OR PH TESTING DEVICE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE EITHER A SUSHI LETTER OR PH DEVICE FOR TESTING SUSHI RICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • SEE VIOLATTION #29Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • SEE VIOLATTION #29
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED NO PREP SINK ON 32ND, 31ST, 30 PANTRY AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMESAll Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED ALL EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLETE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AND MAINTAIN RECORDS THEREOF ON SITE AT ALL TIMES
When was Solette last inspected?
Solette has 1 inspection on record going back to June 2, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Solette 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 50% 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 June 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.