Wingstop is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 26, 2018. 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 Wingstop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF WALK-IN FREEZER WITH EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION. MUST REMOVE ALL EXCESS ICE ACCUMULATION SO THAT WALK-IN FREEZER DOOR CLOSES ALL THE WAY AND SEALS.
Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED INTERIOR OF WALK-IN FREEZER WITH EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION. MUST REMOVE ALL EXCESS ICE ACCUMULATION SO THAT WALK-IN FREEZER DOOR CLOSES ALL THE WAY AND SEALS.
🧫food prep surfaces dirty
Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED DIRT ON THE INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE IN FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ALSO OBSERVED DIRT ACCUMULATION ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND ALONG WALLBASE IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ALSO OBSERVED DIRT ACCUMULATION ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND ALONG WALLBASE IN REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND DEEP-FRYERS IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND DEEP-FRYERS IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Wingstop last inspected?
Wingstop has 19 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
May 13, 2019
closed by the city
June 26, 2018
Pass
April 6, 2018
Pass
March 29, 2018
Fail
November 29, 2017
Pass w/ Conditions
February 1, 2017
Pass
January 24, 2017
Fail
October 18, 2016
Pass w/ Conditions
March 1, 2016
Pass w/ Conditions
June 5, 2015
Pass
June 4, 2015
Fail
May 28, 2015
Fail
Wingstop 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.
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 June 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.