So Soulful Eatery

3944 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651

Passed · Mar 12, 2025 Directions
80
Good BiteKarma score 80 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 2 of 2 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Mar 12, 2025: passed with 12 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events, cited 2 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 3 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Mar 12

    Canvass

    12 violations
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
    • Approved thawing methods used
    • Allergen training as required
    • Personal cleanliness
    • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
    • Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Thermometers provided and accurate
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Sep 23

    License

    10 violations
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Allergen training as required
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
  5. Visit Sep 17

    License

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