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Smoke Daddy
1804-1806 W Division ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60622
Health Inspection: violations
Official health department data. Inspected 2025-08-18; refreshed 2026-10-13. May lag the official record. Check the official source
4 findings at the latest imported inspection (2025-08-18), including 1 critical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2025-08-18: Canvass
Pass w/ Conditions
- Critical: CHI-16 — FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES: CLEANED & SANITIZED - Comments: Both kitchen and bar low-temp dish machines are not sanitizing at the final rinse, 0ppm obtained at the final rinse. Instructed to provide proper sanitizer concentration. Priority violation 7-38-025.
- Not Critical: CHI-29 — COMPLIANCE WITH VARIANCE/SPECIALIZED PROCESS/HACCP - Comments: No variance available on site for using curing agents ( sodium nitrite ) instructed manager to discontinue using curing agents until obtaining appropriate variance from the office of CDPH. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
- Not Critical: CHI-43 — IN-USE UTENSILS: PROPERLY STORED - Comments: Keeping spoons in standing water at room temperature, Instructed to keep according to health code, ie.
- Not Critical: CHI-55 — PHYSICAL FACILITIES INSTALLED, MAINTAINED & CLEAN - Comments: Missing grout between floor tiles at main kitchen. Instructed to grout and maintain.
Inspection results are separate from diner opinions. Favorable overall ratings do not negate individual findings.
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