Smoothie Joint

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 29, 2025
• address948 W Newport Ave, Chicago 60657

Is Smoothie Joint clean?

Smoothie Joint is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Smoothie Joint?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINK IN THE EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED ITEMS NOT ELEVATED OF THE FLOOR IN FRONT JUICE PREP AREA, REAR DISHWASHING AREA AND INSIDE WASHROO. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED ITEMS NOT ELEVATED OF THE FLOOR IN FRONT JUICE PREP AREA, REAR DISHWASHING AREA AND INSIDE WASHROO. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP INSIDE UPRIGHT SMALL FREEZER LOCATED IN FRONT JUICE PREP AREA. MUST REMOVE ICE AND CLEAN INTERIOR OF FREEZER.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR IN FRONT JUICE PREP AREA AND IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST CLEAN FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURN OUT LIGHT BULB IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA/ DISHWASHING AREA. MUST REPLACE LIGHT BULB AND MAINTAIN INTENSITY LIGHTING.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED BURN OUT LIGHT BULB IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA/ DISHWASHING AREA. MUST REPLACE LIGHT BULB AND MAINTAIN INTENSITY LIGHTING.

When was Smoothie Joint last inspected?

Smoothie Joint has 4 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2019.

Smoothie Joint vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 July 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.