Buffalo Wild Wings

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 8, 2026
• address2650 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Buffalo Wild Wings clean?

Buffalo Wild Wings is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. 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 Buffalo Wild Wings?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NOTED FOOD HANDLER'S ON SITE PREPARING AND SERVING TCS FOODS AND MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES ON SITE WITH SERVSAFE FOOD MANAGER'S CERTIFICATE WITHOUT A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER'S CERTIFICATE. FACILITY DID NOT PROVIDE A VALID CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE FOR EMPLOYEES WORKING ON SITE. INFORMED A CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH A CURRENT CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFICATE MUST BE ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES AND A VALID MUST REMAIN POSTED ON SITE WHENEVER TIME AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY(TCS) FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED, HANDLED AND/OR SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED HANDSINK IN REAR WAREWASHING AREA NOT STOCKED WITH HAND SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT HAND SOAP AND PAPER TOWEL OR A HAND DRYER MUST BE AVAILABLE AT HANDSINKS AT ALL TIMES. FOOD HANDLER OBTAINED HAND SOAP FOR HAND SINK DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS BEING STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL UTENSILS BETWEEN USE.
  In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • OBSERVED SCOOPS BEING STORED DIRECTLY INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL UTENSILS BETWEEN USE.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTED RACKS IN DRINK FOUNTAINS AND IN BAR WHERE GLASSES ARE STORED. INSTRUCTED SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED THE RINSE WATER TEMPERATURE OF THE HOT SANITATION WASHING MACHINE ON PREMISES AT 124F. INSTRUCTED THAT THE HIGH-TEMP WAREWASHING MACHINE MUST SANITIZE AT 180F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. MACHINE TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • NOTED THE RINSE WATER TEMPERATURE OF THE HOT SANITATION WASHING MACHINE ON PREMISES AT 124F. INSTRUCTED THAT THE HIGH-TEMP WAREWASHING MACHINE MUST SANITIZE AT 180F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. MACHINE TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.

When was Buffalo Wild Wings last inspected?

Buffalo Wild Wings has 22 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Buffalo Wild Wings vs Montclare

Montclare runs 63% clean across 351 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 63 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 351 spots Cooked tracks in Montclare, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

Other spots in Montclare

• ✓ Buffalo Wild Wings
  clean · January 12, 2016
• ✓ Delipan
  clean · March 15, 2023
• ✓ Dog Day Afternoon
  clean · August 9, 2016
• ✓ North Ave Falafel
  clean · January 15, 2021
• ✓ My Little Rome
  clean · May 10, 2016
• ✓ My Little Rome
  clean · December 29, 2015

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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 April 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.