Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 28, 2025
• address3500-3504 N Cicero Ave, Chicago 60641

Is Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe clean?

Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 28, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTH IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT & FOOD. MUST MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS IN THE REAR PREP AREA WITH OPEN SEAMS AND DARK STAINS. INSTRUCTED TO REFINISH OR REPLACE DAMAGED OR STAINED CUTTING BOARDS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED SHELVING UNITS USED TO STORE PLATES, PANS, AND DRY GOODS WITH ACCUMULATED GREASE AND RUST. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES WITH EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.

When was Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe last inspected?

Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2020.

Sweatlodge/Rehydrate Water Bar & Cafe vs Portage Park

Portage Park runs 65% clean across 715 tracked restaurants — 462 clean, 142 mid, 107 cooked.

Against the 715 spots Cooked tracks in Portage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 March 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.