Tropical Smoothie Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 4, 2025 →
• address6448 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60626

Is Tropical Smoothie Cafe clean?

Tropical Smoothie Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 4, 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 Tropical Smoothie Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training

When was Tropical Smoothie Cafe last inspected?

Tropical Smoothie Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2022.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 78% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 378 clean, 101 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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