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Sugar Blow
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 13, 2025
- address3409 N Broadway, Chicago 60657
Is Sugar Blow clean?
Sugar Blow is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sugar Blow?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 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 CERTIFICATE POSTED ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MUST HAVE An ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL WITH SAID CERTIFICATE DURING HOURS OF OPERATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION, 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED MISSING HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT THE REAR PREP AREA HAND SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE INSTRUCTING ALL EMPLOYEES THEY MUST WASH HANDS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE IN THE REAR PREP AREA AND THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE MINI TOASTER OVEN AT THE FRONT PREP AREA TO BE ENCRUSTED WITH FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FREE OF EXCESSIVE BUILD UP.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NONE OF THE LIGHTS (2) WORKING IN THE EXHAUST HOOD AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED NONE OF THE LIGHTS (2) WORKING IN THE EXHAUST HOOD AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SERVICE AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IN PREP AREA.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALERGEN TRAINING FOR ANY MANAGERS AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ENSURE ALL FOOD MANAGERS COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING.
When was Sugar Blow last inspected?
Sugar Blow has 6 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| May 13, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 26, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 1, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2020 | Fail |
Sugar Blow 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 14% 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 May 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.