Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 11, 2026
• address3207 S Halsted St, Chicago 60608

Is Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3 clean?

Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING METHODS OF TCS FOODS. FOUND BOXES OF FROZEN MEATS STORED ON SHELF NEAR REAR ICE MACHINE OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. ALSO, FOUND PACKETS OF TCS FOODS IN STILL WATER IN A CONTAINER ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS SUCH AS WALK-IN COOLER OVERNIGHT, OR UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • 3-501.13: OBSERVED IMPROPER THAWING METHODS OF TCS FOODS. FOUND BOXES OF FROZEN MEATS STORED ON SHELF NEAR REAR ICE MACHINE OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. ALSO, FOUND PACKETS OF TCS FOODS IN STILL WATER IN A CONTAINER ON THE DRAINBOARD OF THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER THAWING METHODS SUCH AS WALK-IN COOLER OVERNIGHT, OR UNDER COLD RUNNING WATER.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B): OBSERVED AMBIENT PROBE STEM THERMOMETERS STORED INSIDE COLD HOLDING UNITS THROUGHOUT INSTEAD OF AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE IN PREP COOLERS AND WALK-IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12: OBSERVED CONTAINERS AND BUCKETS OF FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND OUTSIDE THE NEAR WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE FOOD ITEMS ON FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.12: OBSERVED CONTAINERS AND BUCKETS OF FOOD ITEMS STORED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND OUTSIDE THE NEAR WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED NOT TO STORE FOOD ITEMS ON FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11: OBSERVED TWO FEMALE FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11: OBSERVED TWO FEMALE FOOD HANDLERS WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINTS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11: OBSERVED TABLEWARE (FORKS AND SPOONS) NOT INVERTED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11: OBSERVED TABLEWARE (FORKS AND SPOONS) NOT INVERTED IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.

When was Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3 last inspected?

Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3 has 6 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2023.

Happy Lamb Hot Pot #3 vs Bridgeport

Bridgeport runs 69% clean across 347 tracked restaurants — 239 clean, 41 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 347 spots Cooked tracks in Bridgeport, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.