The Dog House Grill

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026
• address1534 N Wells St, Chicago 60610

Is The Dog House Grill clean?

The Dog House Grill is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Dog House Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE TWO DOOR LOWER REACH IN FREEZER IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING AROUND THE GASKET SEALS OF FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE WALK IN FLOOR IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE AREA UNDER THE GRILL TOP WITH A HEAVY BUILD UP OF DUST AND GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN THE REAR PREP AREA WHERE THE MEAT SLICER IS LOCATED AND THE COOK LINE AREA UNDER AND AROUND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WALL A HEAVY BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AND FLOORS.

When was The Dog House Grill last inspected?

The Dog House Grill has 24 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Dog House Grill 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 36% 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 January 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.