The Soul Food Lounge 2

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 1, 2025 →
• address10701 S Hale Ave, Chicago 60643

Is The Soul Food Lounge 2 clean?

The Soul Food Lounge 2 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 1, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Soul Food Lounge 2?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was The Soul Food Lounge 2 last inspected?

The Soul Food Lounge 2 has 5 inspections on record going back to September 29, 2023.

The Soul Food Lounge 2 vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 82% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 76 clean, 14 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

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• ✓ Chicago Best
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• ✓ Pearl's Place Cafe
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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