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The Soul Shack
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 29, 2022
- address1368 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615
Is The Soul Shack clean?
The Soul Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 29, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Soul Shack?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2022. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Soul Shack last inspected?
The Soul Shack has 11 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| June 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2022 | — | |
| June 17, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 17, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 27, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 29, 2019 | — |
The Soul Shack vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 29, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.