Wild Hare

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 25, 2024
• address2610 N Halsted St, Chicago 60614

Is Wild Hare clean?

Wild Hare is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 25, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Wild Hare?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11//OBSERVED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN DRAIN BOARD AND HAND WASH SINK OF FRONT BAR, MIDDLE AND REAR BAR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11//OBSERVED NO SPLASHGUARD BETWEEN DRAIN BOARD AND HAND WASH SINK OF FRONT BAR, MIDDLE AND REAR BAR. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19//NOTED RUSTED FOOD STORAGE SHELVES IN WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO RESTORE RUST FREE SURFACE AND REPAINT OR REPLACE.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114//NOTED CLUTTER UNDERNEATH ALL DJ BOOTHS, IN NORTHWEST CLOSET NEAR BACK BAR AND UNUSED EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT AND BEHIND CURTAIN IN STORAGE AREA OF BACK BAR. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS. ELEVATING ALL KEPT ITEMS ON PROPER SHELVING THAT IS SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN AND IS A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR.

When was Wild Hare last inspected?

Wild Hare has 33 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Wild Hare vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 41% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 673 clean, 174 mid, 789 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Lincoln Park

• ✓ Wild Hare
  clean · May 3, 2012
• ✓ Berrymoon
  cooked · October 25, 2013
• ✓ Tandoor Char House
  clean · May 20, 2026
• ✓ Elaine's Coffee Call
  clean · April 19, 2016
• ✓ 13Th Fl Indoor Rooftop Bar/The J Parker
  clean · March 8, 2012
• ✓ 13Th Fl Indoor Rooftop Bar/The J Parker
  clean · March 8, 2012

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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 November 25, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.