Windy City Sweets

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 25, 2025
• address3308 N Broadway, Chicago 60657

Is Windy City Sweets clean?

Windy City Sweets is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 25, 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 Windy City Sweets?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS MILK SHAKES, SMOOTHIES, MILK CHOCOLATE, MELT CHOCOLATE, SCOOP ICE CREAM ETC. INSTRUCTED ABOVE THAT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD SERVICE MANAGER HAS TO BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND SOAP PROVIDED AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED ABOVE TO PROVIDE HAND SOAP AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE HAND SOAP AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. PRIORIRY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. • NO PAPER TOWELS WERE PROVIDED AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PAPER TOWELS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER PROVIDED PAPER TOWELS DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION. • INSTRUCTED ABOVE TO PROVIDE A HAND WASHING SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C). NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE BUILD UP INSIDE ICE CREAM CHEST FREEZER LOCATED IN FRONT SELLING AREA AND REAR CHEST FREEZER LOCATED IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE ICE BUILD UP AND CLEAN FREEZER AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED LEAKING HOT HANDLE AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED IN REAR PREP/DIHWASHING AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE PROVIDED IN THE UNISEX EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLUTTER CARDBOARD BOXES IN REAR FOOD STORAGE ROOM. MUST REMOVE CLUTTER AND UNNECESSARY ITEMS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. ALSO OBSERVED ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA AND REAR STORAGE ROOMS. MUST ELEVATE ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Windy City Sweets last inspected?

Windy City Sweets has 7 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2012.

Windy City Sweets 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 November 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.