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Soul And Smoke
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2025
- address3057 N Rockwell St, Chicago 60618
Is Soul And Smoke clean?
Soul And Smoke is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Soul And Smoke?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30-40 DEAD VARIOUS INSECTS (ANTS, HOUSE FLIES) ALONG WALLS THROUGHOUT THE FRONT EATING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE DEAD INSECTS AND CLEAN AFFECTED AREA(S) AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT DECOMPOSITION AND BECOMING AN ATTRACTANT TO OTHER PESTS AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS STORED IN WATER AT LESS THAN 135.0F IN THE STEAM TABLE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS IN RUNNING WATER OR IN WATER MAINTAINED AT 135.0F OR ABOVE BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED IN-USE UTENSILS STORED IN WATER AT LESS THAN 135.0F IN THE STEAM TABLE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO STORE IN-USE UTENSILS IN RUNNING WATER OR IN WATER MAINTAINED AT 135.0F OR ABOVE BETWEEN USES AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FLOOR AND FLOOR-MOUNTED DRAIN BENEATH THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO BE HEAVILY-SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND OTHER SOIL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND PLUMBING FIXTURES AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS STORED ON 1-COMPARTMENT SINK (NOT IN-USE) AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED AREA FOR EMPLOYEES TO STORE PERSONAL ITEMS THAT DOES NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ITEMS STORED ON 1-COMPARTMENT SINK (NOT IN-USE) AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED AREA FOR EMPLOYEES TO STORE PERSONAL ITEMS THAT DOES NOT POSE RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD, CLEAN EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSILS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Soul And Smoke last inspected?
Soul And Smoke has 7 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2023 | Fail |
Soul And Smoke vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 October 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.