The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
• address3188 N Elston Ave, Chicago 60618

Is The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen clean?

The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE BIN IN THE BAR AREA WITH ICE INSIDE UNCOVERED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE A COVER OR LID FOR ICE BIN TO PROTECT FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED ICE BIN IN THE BAR AREA WITH ICE INSIDE UNCOVERED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. MUST PROVIDE A COVER OR LID FOR ICE BIN TO PROTECT FROM OVERHEAD CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON THE INSIDE OF THE TWO DOOR COOLER IN THE REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE GASKETS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED HEAVY DUST ACCUMULATION ON VENTILATION FANS IN THE RESTROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WET MOP STORED IN THE BUCKET IN THE REAR PREP AREA NEXT TO HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO HANG MOPS TO ALLOW TO DRY WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR FOOD EMPLOYEES AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. ANY FOOD EMPLOYEE THAT IS NOT A CERTIFIED FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER MUST COMPLETE BASIC FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES FOR FOOD EMPLOYEES AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. ANY FOOD EMPLOYEE THAT IS NOT A CERTIFIED FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER MUST COMPLETE BASIC FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND KEEP CERTIFICATES ON SITE.

When was The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen last inspected?

The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen has 23 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Wolfhound Bar And Kitchen vs Avondale

Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.

Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 October 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.