Smoothie King
723 S Seeley Ave, Chicago 60612
Read the pairs, not the count. A failure is normally followed within days by a re-inspection, and that re-inspection is a second row here. On the timeline below they sit almost on top of each other — one bad day, two marks.
The whole record
- Pass33%
- Conditional33%
- Fail33%
- ConditionalOct 1, 2026Complaint Re-InspectionRisk 2 (Medium)
- 2
City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
2-101.11: observed a food manager certificate from the always food safe company with examination date of 1-13-2025. Instructed a certified food manager must be on site at all times with the original city of Chicago food service manager certificate, while open and operating. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012, citation issued
- 36
Thermometers provided & accurate
4-204.112(b): observed no ambient air thermometer in the mini refrigerator closest to the register. Instructed to provide and maintain.
- 39
Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
3-307.11: observed ice container at front serving line not covered while not in use. Instructed to cover to prevent potential contamiantion.
- 40
Personal cleanliness
2-402.11: observed the food handlers on site with no hair restraints, while in food prep area preparing orders. Instructed all food handlers must wear hair restraints, while in food prep area.
- 2
- FailSep 22, 2026ComplaintRisk 2 (Medium)
- 2
City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
Observed no certified food manager on site while open and operating. Certified food manager arrived on site after the walk through of facility and provided ServSafe food manager certificate with examination date in 2025. Instructed a certified food manager must be on site at all times while open and operating. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012, citation issued
- 36
Thermometers provided & accurate
Observed no ambient air thermometer in the mini refrigerator closest to the register. Instructed to provide and maintain.
- 38
Insects, rodents, & animals not present
Observed approximately 40 or more small flies on site. Small flies were observed on clean food storage containers, on shelves in rear dishwashing area, on the ceilings in the rear and front areas, in the boxes where disposable cups are stored. Instructed to eliminate small fly activity, clean and sanitize all affected areas and maintain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-020(a), citation issued
- 39
Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display
Observed ice container at front serving line not covered while not in use. Instructed to cover to prevent potential contamiantion.
- 40
Personal cleanliness
Observed the food handlers on site with no hair restraints, while in food prep area preparing orders. Instructed all food handlers must wear hair restraints, while in food prep area.
- 2
- PassJul 23, 2025LicenseRisk 2 (Medium)
- 57
All food employees have food handler training
Instructd manager to comply with the idph food handler requiredment.
- 57
Fails sit above the line, passes below. Every inspection the city has published for this licence.
On the street
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What it gets cited for
Counted across every inspection on record here. A code that keeps coming back is the more telling signal.
Source
Published by the Chicago Department of Public Health as Food Inspections, updated weekly. This page shows every row the city holds under licence 3036838 — a business that changed hands may carry history from its predecessor.