The Dog House Grill
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The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 15, 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 July 15, 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 July 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
When was The Dog House Grill last inspected?
The Dog House Grill has 25 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
History worth a look: 3 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.
July 15, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →January 21, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →February 25, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →July 19, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →October 18, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →August 15, 2023 Fail
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View full inspection →August 14, 2023 Fail
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View full inspection →October 17, 2022 Pass
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View full inspection →May 20, 2021 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →October 16, 2020 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →October 8, 2020 Fail
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View full inspection →February 18, 2020 Pass
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View full inspection →The Dog House Grill vs Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs 78% clean across 889 tracked restaurants — 692 clean, 169 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 889 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 July 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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