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Sonic Drive In
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 19, 2025
- address1022 W Wilson Ave, Chicago 60640
Is Sonic Drive In clean?
Sonic Drive In is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 19, 2025. 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 Sonic Drive In?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON THE PREMISES WHILE TCS FOODS (BURGERS, HOT DOGS, FRIES, SHAKES,ETC.) WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT THAT A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A TRASHCAN WITH A LID INSIDE OF UNISEX RESTROOM AND MAINTAIN.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE A TRASHCAN WITH A LID INSIDE OF UNISEX RESTROOM AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DEBRIS AND BOTTLE CAPS ON THE FLOORS UNDERNEATH SHEVLING AND SODA MACHINE IN THE REAR STORAGE/DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS AND MAINTAIN.
When was Sonic Drive In last inspected?
Sonic Drive In has 20 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 1, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2020 | Fail | |
| December 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 21, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Sonic Drive In vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.