Happy Camper

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026 →
• address1209 N Wells St, Chicago 60610

Is Happy Camper clean?

Happy Camper is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Happy Camper?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Happy Camper last inspected?

Happy Camper has 17 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Happy Camper vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,813 tracked restaurants — 1,534 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,813 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

Other spots in Near North Side

• ✓ Happy Camper
  clean · October 27, 2015
• ✓ Grab-A-Bite
  cooked · January 14, 2016
• ✓ The Talbott Hotel
  clean · June 9, 2015
• ✓ Jersey Mike's
  clean · December 31, 2025
• ✓! Starbucks Coffee
  cooked · June 9, 2021
• ✓ Starbucks Coffee
  clean · September 3, 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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