Smoothie King

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 7, 2025
• address159 N Wabash Ave, Chicago 60601

Is Smoothie King clean?

Smoothie King is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Smoothie King?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA SO THAT IT SHALL BE LOCATED SO THAT IT MAY BE SERVICED AND MAINTAINED.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE IN ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE COVERED RECEPTACLE FOR ALL GENDER EMPLOYEE WASHROOM FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DAMAGED BASE BOARDS IN FRONT OF UTILITY SINK ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF WALL. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMGED BASE BOARDS IN FRONT OF UTILITY SINK ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF WALL AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDERNEATH THREE DOOR FREEZER AND THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN REAR. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDERNEATH THREE DOOR FREEZER AND THREE DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN REAR AND MAINTAIN.

When was Smoothie King last inspected?

Smoothie King has 1 inspection on record going back to July 7, 2025.

Smoothie King vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.