Buffalo Wings And Rings

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2026 →
• address3434 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608

Is Buffalo Wings And Rings clean?

Buffalo Wings And Rings is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 31, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Buffalo Wings And Rings?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Proper Hot Holding Temperatures
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present

When was Buffalo Wings And Rings last inspected?

Buffalo Wings And Rings has 35 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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Buffalo Wings And Rings vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 82% clean across 209 tracked restaurants — 172 clean, 23 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 209 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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