Happy Lamb Hot Pot

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 12, 2026 →
• address2312 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago 60616

Is Happy Lamb Hot Pot clean?

Happy Lamb Hot Pot is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 12, 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 Happy Lamb Hot Pot?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required
• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties

When was Happy Lamb Hot Pot last inspected?

Happy Lamb Hot Pot has 4 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2024.

Happy Lamb Hot Pot vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 82% clean across 375 tracked restaurants — 307 clean, 58 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 375 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 January 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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