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Hound Dog's
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2026
- address2257 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60612
Is Hound Dog's clean?
Hound Dog's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 5, 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 Hound Dog's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.11: OBSERVED NO SOAP AT HANDWASHING SINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED ALL HANDWASHING SINKS MUST BE EQUIP WITH HANDWASHING SOAP AT ALL TIMES. SOAP WAS PROVIDED BEFORE THE END OF THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-030(C), CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE CITATION
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11: OBSERVED KITCHEN AND TABLEWARE NOT PROPERLY STORED. FOUND IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA SPOONS, FORKS, AND SERVING UTENSILS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • 4-904.11: OBSERVED KITCHEN AND TABLEWARE NOT PROPERLY STORED. FOUND IN THE FRONT AND REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA SPOONS, FORKS, AND SERVING UTENSILS NOT INVERTED. INSTRUCTED TO INVERT AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED 1 MISSING SINK STOPPER FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • 4-301.12: OBSERVED 1 MISSING SINK STOPPER FOR THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-204.12: UNABLE TO LOCATE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE FOR ICE MACHINE IN THE REAR PREP DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE DEVICE VISIBLE, OR GET AN BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE INSTALLED ON ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN.
When was Hound Dog's last inspected?
Hound Dog's has 4 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2025 | Pass |
Hound Dog's vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 February 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.