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Dough Bros
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
- address400 N State St, Chicago 60654
Is Dough Bros clean?
Dough Bros is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dough Bros?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BUILD UP OF DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS ON CART USED TO MOVE BOXES OF DOUGH IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKET ON INTERIOR OF WALK IN COOLER LOCATED IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD CONDITION.
When was Dough Bros last inspected?
Dough Bros has 18 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 31, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 23, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Dough Bros vs Near North Side
Near North Side runs 75% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 2,147 clean, 530 mid, 203 cooked.
Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 March 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.