Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025
• address2707 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5 clean?

Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5 is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2025. 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 Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE TCS FOODS WERE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED(LAMB, KIMCHI). INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CFM ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MUST PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINK AT BAR.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED MINERAL BUILD UP INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE AT BAR. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED UNCOVERED READY TO EAT MUSSELS FOR CONSUMER SELF SERVICE IN DISPLAY COOLER WITHOUT UTENSIL FOR CONSUMER TO USE. MUST PROVIDE SUITABLE UTENSILS OR EFFECTIVE DISPENSING METHOD THAT PROTECTS FOOD FROM CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. EMPLOYEE PROVIDE UTENSIL IN CONTAINER DURING INSPECTION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED UNCOVERED READY TO EAT MUSSELS FOR CONSUMER SELF SERVICE IN DISPLAY COOLER WITHOUT UTENSIL FOR CONSUMER TO USE. MUST PROVIDE SUITABLE UTENSILS OR EFFECTIVE DISPENSING METHOD THAT PROTECTS FOOD FROM CONTAMINATION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. EMPLOYEE PROVIDE UTENSIL IN CONTAINER DURING INSPECTION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NUMEROUS EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NUMEROUS EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATES FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.

When was Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5 last inspected?

Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5 has 5 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2023.

Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5 vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

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• ✓ Happy Lamb Hot Pot #5
  clean · February 16, 2023
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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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.