Smashburger

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 5, 2026 →
• address4709 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Smashburger clean?

Smashburger is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 5, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Smashburger?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected

When was Smashburger last inspected?

Smashburger has 11 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2021.

Smashburger vs Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park runs 76% clean across 153 tracked restaurants — 116 clean, 29 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 153 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

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  clean · August 13, 2021
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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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