Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 13, 2025
• address4925 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe clean?

Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • CHLORINE CHEMICAL DISH WASHING MACHINE NOT PROPERLY DISPENSING SANITIZER. 0 PPM CHLORINE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND PRIMING THE MACHINE. NO DISHES BEING WASHED AT THIS TIME. MACHINE TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED, DISPENSES SANITIZER AND C.D.P.H CONTACTED FOR TAG REMOVAL. INSTRUCTED TO USE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • INACCURATE INTERNAL THERMOMETER IN THE REFRIGERATION UNIT HOLDING MILK IN BARKLY BISCUIT KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • NOTED A BULK FOOD FLOUR CONTAINER MISSING ITS LABEL IN THE BARKLY BISCUIT KITCHEN. MUST RELABEL.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR CHEMICAL STORAGE IN THE DISH ROOM.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • NOTED A DIRTY HAND WASHING SINK IN THE SMALL REAR KITCHEN ADJACENT TO THE DISHROOM. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.----MUST NOT USE TINFOIL AS LINER FOR THE SAME SINK PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER.

When was Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe last inspected?

Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe has 15 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 May 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.