Sweetgreen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 4, 2026
• address2361 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60614

Is Sweetgreen clean?

Sweetgreen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sweetgreen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED METAL MESH HAND GLOVE USED FOR CUTTING SAFETY HANGING INSIDE THE HAND WASHING SINK. MUST NOT STORE IN SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • NOTED METAL MESH HAND GLOVE USED FOR CUTTING SAFETY HANGING INSIDE THE HAND WASHING SINK. MUST NOT STORE IN SINK TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • NOTED GREEN CUTTING BOARD IN THE CLEAN STORED DISH AREA IN POOR REPAIR WITH DEEP BLACKENED GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED THE INTERIOR OF THE DISHWASHING MACHINE WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED THE INTERIOR OF THE DISHWASHING MACHINE WITH EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS AND DIRT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN THE BASEMENT HALLWAY STAIR WELL AND THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT MUST BE REMOVED TO PREVENT PEST ACTIVITY. ALL OTHER NEED ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE BASEMENT MUST BE ORGANIZED AND ELEVATED. • NOTED POOLING WATER ON THE FLOORS OF THE BASEMENT IN VARIOUS AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN DRY FLOORS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. MUST PROVIDE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING OR CERTIFICATES FOR ALL THE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Sweetgreen last inspected?

Sweetgreen has 10 inspections on record going back to October 20, 2022.

Sweetgreen vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, 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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.