Of the 381 restaurants GutCheck tracks in Wicker Park, 259 (68%) currently hold a Pass on their most recent Chicago health inspection — running 13% below the citywide average, worth knowing before you book a table. Among Wicker Park restaurants with recent violations, facility maintenance, sanitation & cleaning, and food storage come up most often in inspector notes — the same categories the City of Chicago's Food Protection Program flags as Priority and Priority Foundation issues. GutCheck logged 14 new Wicker Park inspections in the most recent 30-day window covered by the city's feed — every listing below reflects each restaurant's current, not historical, status.
How many restaurants in Wicker Park have failed a Chicago health inspection?
5 of the 381 restaurants GutCheck currently tracks in Wicker Park hold a Fail on their most recent Chicago Department of Public Health inspection. This changes as new inspections come in — GutCheck rebuilds from the city's live feed on every deploy, so this reflects current status, not a historical snapshot.
Is GutCheck's Wicker Park restaurant health data official?
Yes. Every record comes directly from the City of Chicago's public Food Inspections open-data feed (data.cityofchicago.org, dataset 4ijn-s7e5) — the same data the Chicago Department of Public Health publishes itself. GutCheck is an independent service and isn't affiliated with the City of Chicago.