Yogurt Square

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 18, 2018
• address4701 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60625

Is Yogurt Square clean?

Yogurt Square is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 18, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Yogurt Square?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(N)- NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11- NO PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING WHEN AN EMPLOYEE OR A PATRON EXPERIENCES VOMITING AND /OR DIARRHEA. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005-NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 5-202.12(A)- NO HAND SINK IN THE FRONT SERVING AREA. MUST INSTALL WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE AND PROVIDE PAPER TOWEL AND HAND SOAP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14(D)-WIPING CLOTH FOR WIPING THE PREP TABLES, CHOPPING BOARD, SERVING COUNTER MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-201.11-CLEAN THE FLOOR INSIDE THE FURNACE ROOM WITH(DIRT,DUST AND DEBRIS) AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11(A)- LIGHT BULBS IN THE FRONT SERVING AREA ARE NOT SHIELDED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD AND END CAPS OR CHANGE THE LIGHT BULBS TO SHATTERED PROOFED LIGHT BULBS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11(A)- LIGHT BULBS IN THE FRONT SERVING AREA ARE NOT SHIELDED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LIGHT SHIELD AND END CAPS OR CHANGE THE LIGHT BULBS TO SHATTERED PROOFED LIGHT BULBS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- ONE EMPLOYEE HANDLING FOOD HAS NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13- ONE EMPLOYEE HANDLING FOOD HAS NO FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE.

When was Yogurt Square last inspected?

Yogurt Square has 7 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2012.

Yogurt Square vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 59% clean across 922 tracked restaurants — 536 clean, 152 mid, 228 cooked.

Against the 922 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Square

• ✓ Davis Theater
  clean · November 24, 2015
• ✓! Dank Haus
  mid · October 23, 2020
• ✓ Ravenswood Pharmacy
  clean · April 2, 2012
• ✓ Q & H Grocery
  clean · December 4, 2014
• ✓! Dorothy's Sweet Shoppe
  mid · May 13, 2025
• ✓! I Monelli Trattoria Pizzeria
  mid · January 9, 2020

See every restaurant inspection in Lincoln Square →

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 September 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.